APPLICATION FOR NPDES PERMIT RENEWAL - PUBLICATION NO. 25JLM14, Paramont Contura

PUBLIC NOTICE

APPLICATION FOR

 NPDES PERMIT RENEWAL NPDES PERMIT NO. 0082197 

APPLICATION NO. 1011808

UNDER CHAPTER 19

 TITLE 45.1 CODE OF 

VIRGINIA 

 PUBLICATION NO. 25JLM14

    Paramont Contura, LLC of 5703 Crutchfield Drive, Norton, Virginia 24273 is applying to the Virginia Mined Land Repurposing Program (VMLR) for a renewal to NPDES Permit No. 0082197, Bold Camp Surface Mine, by Application 1011808. The permit area is approximately 367.70 acres. The surface mine is located in Wise County on Birchfield Creek, approximately 4.3 miles southeast of Pound on Bold Camp Mountain off of Routes 634 and 636. The Pound, Virginia USGS 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle map was used to describe the permit location. Drainage will pass through sediment control structures and be discharged into Ambrose Branch, Birchfield Creek, and Cavenger Hollow of the Pound River of the Russell Fork. Discharge locations and the permit area may be viewed on the Renewal Map which is attached in Section 21.2 of the application. Additional discharge details are available in the NPDES Application attached in Section 5.15 of the application.

    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 December 30, 2025, 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

    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.

Paramont Contura, LLC 

(Applicant)

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