Application for Bond Reduction - Red River Coal Company - PUBLICATION NUMBER: 25SRW505

PUBLIC NOTICE

Application for 

Bond Reduction

Under Chapter 19

 Title 45.1

Code of Virginia

PUBLICATION NUMBER: 25SRW505 

APPLICATION NUMBER: 1011670

    Red River Coal Company, Inc. is applying for bond reduction on Permit No.1101760 located approximately six miles northwest of Norton off Route 620 near the headwaters of Powell River and is located on the Flat Gap, VA-KY USGS quadrangle map in Wise County. This permit consists of 464.36 acres which are bonded under the Virginia Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Fund (Pool Bond) for $834,200.00 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 I bond reduction of $282,600.00 on Increment’s Number 2 and Number 6.

    This bond reduction request is based on completion of backfilling and regrading of Increment’s No. 2 and No. 6:

      1. Completion of backfilling & regrading on Increment’s No. 2 and No 6 containing 156.88 acres.

     2. Reclamation and seeding completed in 2024. 

   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 May 16, 2025 submit written comments or objections concerning this bond release, 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/epinquiry/frmMain.aspx- 

   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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