APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL - PUBLICATION NUMBER: 25AHS03, Coking Coal, LLC

December 18, 2025

PUBLIC NOTICE

APPLICATION FOR

RENEWAL/REISSUANCE

OF COAL SURFACE

PERMIT NO. 1602351

UNDER CHAPTER 19

TITLE 45.1 OF THE

CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUBLICATION NUMBER:

25AHS03

APPLICATION NUMBER: 1011735

Coking Coal, LLC of 633 Callahan Avenue, Appalachia, VA 24216 is applying to the Virginia Division of Mined land Reclamation for a Renewal of PERMIT No. 1602351, in order to continue the operations at the following location.

Pardee No. 1 Mine is located 1 mile Northeast of Dunbar in Roaring Fork in Wise County, at coordinates North 37o00’03”, East 82o44’49”. The permit area is 1648.15 acres and is contained on the Appalachia and Whitesburg USGS 7.5’ quadrangle maps. The Renewal map showing the permit area is attached in Section 21.2 of the application.

Drainage and wastewater resulting from the permitted operation will be discharged into Roaring Fork, via sediment ponds treating surface runoff and mine discharge. The discharge locations may be viewed on the Surface Water Hydrology Map, which is attached in Section 21.2 of the application. The discharge resulting from the permitted operation is existing.

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 January 9, 2026 submit written comments or objections concerning this application, and may also request, in writing, that the Mined Land Repurposing Program hold an Informal Conference concerning this application. A copy of the application materials is available electronically for public inspection at

https://www.energy.virginia.gov/dmlrinquiry/frmMain.aspx?ctl=4.

All correspondence concerning this application should be submitted to the Mined Land Repurposing Program (Attention: Permit Section), 3405 Mountain Empire Road, 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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