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Notice of Comment Period
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection

This mailing is to advise the public that we have received an application for issuance of an Article 11/West Virginia National Pollutant Discharge Elimination permit WV1030019 for MID-VOL COAL SALES, INC., 640 CLOVER DEW DAIRY RD , PRINCETON, WV 24740, in order to construct, open and operate a proposed coal surface mine (SMA S300119 - Loop Branch Surface Mine) utilizing contour, area, and auger/highwall mining methods in the Pocahontas 10, Lower Horsepen, Lower Horsepen Rider, Pocahontas 9, Pocahontas No. 11A, Pocahontas No. 11B, and Pocahontas 12B and all riders and splits thereof seams/mineral beds and to discharge treated water and stormwater runoff therefrom into unnamed tributaries of Loop Branch; unnamed tributaries of/and Mill Branch - all of the Tug Fork River.

The permit is located in McDowell County, Longitude 81° 26´ 29.0000" Latitude 37° 22´ 22.0000" (Coordinates from USGS Topographic Map).

The Department of Environmental Protection is seeking information on private surface water intakes for human consumption located in the above listed receiving streams and located down stream of this operation.  Please provide your name, phone number, mailing address, the name of the stream with the intake, and the physical location of the intake.  This information needs to be submitted to the address below. 

An anti-degradation review has been conducted.  Tier 1 protection is afforded because effluent limitations ensure compliance with water quality criteria for all designated uses.  Tier 2 protection is also afforded because the agency has made a determination that the discharge(s) will not cause significant degradation to the receiving stream(s) for any parameters of concern.
  
Please send any comments on the draft permit to the address below, postmarked on or before March 25, 2020 or thirty days from the date of publication, and reference the Article 11/WVNPDES permit number shown above.  A copy of the application, draft permit and fact sheet (if required) will be available for inspection and obtaining copies during normal business hours at the DEP Regional Office located at the address below.  Comments may include a request for a public hearing.  If a hearing is requested the comment must state the nature of the issues proposed to be raised in the hearing.  A hearing may be held if DEP finds a significant degree of public interest, or if the hearing would clarify issues.

  DEP Regional Office
  1159 Nick Rahall Greenway
  Fayetteville, WV 25840  
  Phone: (304) 574-4465
  Fax: (304) 574-4480


	
		To view Application Activity Details, click on the following link, or copy and paste it into your browser:
   (https://apps.dep.wv.gov/WebApp/_dep/search/Applications/activities.cfm?application_id=95026&dep_office_id=HPU%20%20&ap_type_code=NPD&DESCRIPTION=New%20Application%2C%20NPDES&Application&responsible_party_name=MID%2DVOL%20COAL%20SALES%2C%20INC%2E&APPLICATION_SEQUENCE_ID=1&APPLICATION_PERMIT_ID=WV1030019 
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To see a Location Map, click on the following link, or copy and paste it into your browser
   (https://tagis.dep.wv.gov/mapping/imap/imap.php?lod=81&lom=26&los=29.0000&lad=37&lam=22&las=22.0000&pntlabel=WV1030019
)