Application for Bond Reduction - Red River Coal Company, Inc - PUBLICATION NUMBER: 25SRW527

PUBLIC NOTICE 

Application for 

Bond Reduction

Under Chapter 19

Title 45.1

Code of Virginia

PUBLICATION NUMBER: 25SRW527 

APPLICATION NUMBER: 1011680

    Red River Coal Company, Inc. is applying for bond reduction on Permit No.1101272 is located approximately 5.5 miles southwest of Pound, near Flat Gap, off Route 707 in Wise County. This permit consists of 230.71 acres which are bonded under the Virginia Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Fund (Pool Bond) for $447,900.00 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 $193,800.00 on Increments Number 2 and Number 5.

    This bond reduction request is based on completion of backfilling and regrading of Increment’s No.2 and No.5. The area has been revegetated:

      1. Completion of backfilling & regrading on Increment’s No. 2 and No.5 containing 106.65 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 June 13, 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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