APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL/REISSUANCE - PUBLICATION NUMBER: 25SRM01, COKING COAL

PUBLIC NOTICE

APPLICATION FOR 

RENEWAL/REISSUANCE 

OF COAL SURFACE 

MINING/NPDES 

PERMIT NO. 1202376

UNDER CHAPTER 19

 TITLE 45.1 OF THE 

CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUBLICATION NUMBER:

25SRM01

APPLICATION NUMBER: 1011730

    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. 1202376, in order to continue the operations at the following location.

    The Imboden/Kelly Mines is located 8 miles Northwest of Blackwood on Roaring Fork in Wise County, at coordinates North 3,546,317.0000, East 10,249,951.0000.  The permit area is 23.30 acres and is contained on the Norton USGS 7.5’ quadrangle map.  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 pond treating surface runoff and mine discharge.  The discharge location 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 6, 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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