Application for Bond Release - PUBLICATION NUMBER: 25SRW811 - Red River Coal Company, Inc.

Public Notice

Application for 

Bond Release

Under Chapter 19

Title 45.1

Code of Virginia

PUBLICATION NUMBER: 25SRW811

APPLICATION NUMBER: 1011733

    Red River Coal Company, Inc. is applying for Phase III Bond release on Increment No.1 on Permit Number 1700624 located five miles northwest of Norton west of Route 620 on Divide Ridge between Critical Fork of Guest River and Powell River in Wise County.

   This permit consists of 21.48 acres which are bonded under the Virginia Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Fund (Pool Bond) for $100,000.00 in the form of insurance surety. As provided by 4VAC25-130-800.40 of the Virginia Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Regulations, the Applicant is requesting a Phase III bond release of $100,000.00 on increment Number 1.

    This bond release request is based on completion of backfilling & regrading on Increment 1 containing 21.48 acres completed in 2015 - for Phase III bond release. The post-mining land use of unmanaged forest and hayland/pasture has been established through more than 5 growing seasons as confirmed by a vegetative study.

   Any person with a valid legal interest which might be adversely affected by this proposal, or an officer or head of any federal, state or local government agency or authority, may within 30 days of September 19, 2025 submit written comments or objections concerning this bond reduction, and may also request, in writing, that Mined Land Repurposing hold an Informal Conference concerning this application. A copy of the application material is available electronically for public inspection at the Mined Land Repurposing office in Big Stone Gap, Virginia or online at 

   All correspondence should be submitted to the Mined Land Repurposing (Attention: Permit Section), 3405 Mountain Empire Rd., Big Stone Gap, Virginia, 24219. Telephone (276) 523-8160.  Written comments and a request for informal conference may be e-mailed to the Division at 

repurposingpublicnotice@energy.virginia.gov.

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