SURFACE MINING APPLICATION
ADVERTISEMENT
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INSTRUCTIONS
This advertisement is for a single application for a
Chapter 22, Article 3 permit.
Ad will be published one time with a ten day
comment period
Final Date of Publication_________________
Initial Date of Publication________________
ADVERTISEMENT
Notice is hereby given that
Southern Minerals, Inc. 356 South College Avenue,
Bluefield, VA 24605
(Applicant Name and Business Street Address)
has submitted an application to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Division of
Mining and Reclamation (DMR) located at
331 Court Street – Suite 204, Welch, WV 24801-2311
(DEP Regional Office Address)
for an Article 3 permit for the surface disturbance of approximately
5.11
acres in order to
Auger Mine
(Surface/Tipple/Preparation Plant/Haulroad/Shop Area/Face Up Deep Mine)
in the
Firecreek
seam of coal. The proposed operation is discharging
(Geological Title)
Into Carrington Branch and an Unnamed
Tributary of Elkhorn Creek
of
(Receiving Stream)
miles,
Southwest
of
and is located
(Major Subbasin)
Kimball
(Direction)
Tug Fork
in Browns Creek
(Distance)
District of
(Nearest Post Office)
81 32’ 30”
McDowell
County, Longitude
37 25’ 24”
(Coordinates from USGS Topographic Map).
Surface of the area associated herewith is owned by:
NAME
Pocahontas Land Corporation
2.0
ADDRESS
800 Princeton Ave., Bluefield, WV 24701
and Latitude
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*and the mineral associated herewith is owned by:
NAME
Pocahontas Land Corporation
ADDRESS
800 Princeton Ave., Bluefield, WV 24701
Surface of the area within 100 feet of the permit area is owned by:
NAME
Pocahontas Land Corporation
ADDRESS
800 Princeton Ave., Bluefield, WV 24701
*and the mineral within 100 feet of the permit area is owned by:
NAME
Pocahontas Land Corporation
ADDRESS
800 Princeton Ave., Bluefield, WV 24701
The existing land use is mined and not reclaimed; the proposed postmining land use is forestland.
Written comments and/or requests for an informal conference of the surface mining application
shall identify the applicant and application number and will be received by the Permit Supervisor
at the DMR office and address above until
, or ten (10) days from date of final
publication. A copy of the application will be available for review until
, or ten (10) days
from date of final publication in the DEP Regional Office located at the address above AND in
the McDowell
County Clerk's Office during normal business hours.
DEP Telephone No. (304) 436-2181
Permit No. SMA 400309
*These items are to be completed only for operations involving mineral removal.
Include location map in accordance with regulations