APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL - PUBLICATION NUMBER: 26AHS04, Cumberland Coal Corporation

PUBLIC NOTICE

APPLICATION FOR 

RENEWAL/REISSUANCE OF

COAL SURFACE MINING/NPDES 

PERMIT NO. 1102413

UNDER CHAPTER 19

 TITLE 45.2 OF THE 

CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUBLICATION NUMBER:

26AHS04

APPLICATION NUMBER: 1011909

     Cumberland Coal Corporation, 2000 Auburn Drive, Suite 200, Beachwood, OH 44122 is applying to the Virginia Division of Mined Land Reclamation for a Renewal of PERMIT No. 1102413, in order to continue the operations at the following location.

    Pine Branch No. 1 Mine is located 1 mile Northeast of Dunbar in Roaring Fork in Wise County, at coordinates North 36o58’12”, East 82o44’04”.  The permit area is 281.06 acres and is contained on the Appalachia and Norton 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 October 20, 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 

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