PUBLIC NOTICEAPPLICATION FOR RENEWAL/REISSUANCE OFCOAL SURFACE MINING/NPDES PERMIT NO. 1202411UNDER CHAPTER 19,TITLE 45.2 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIAPUBLICATION NUMBER:26BLG04APPLICATION NUMBER: 1011864 Cumberland Coal Corporation of P.O. Box 2007 Pikeville KY 41501 is applying to the Virginia Division of Mined land Reclamation for a Renewal/Reissuance of PERMIT No. 1202411, in order to continue the operations at the following location. Guest Mountain No. 5 Mine is located 3.5 miles north of Stonega on Callahan Creek in Wise County, Virginia at Latitude 3551472.16 and Longitude 10227701.93. The permit area is 64.35 acres and is contained on the Appalachia U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute quadrangle map. 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 Callahan Creek, via sediment pond treating surface runoff and existing underground mine discharge. The discharge locations may be viewed on the Monitoring Point Location Map attached in Section 21.2 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 May 29, 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 atrepurposingpublicnotice@energy.virginia.gov.
