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SURFACE COAL MINE PERMIT APPLICATIONS GREATER THAN 200 ACRES SINCE 1991

Permit

Appl.

No.

Permit

Issue

Date

Permit

Acres

 Mine Name Company Name County Premining Land Use Postmining Land Use Buffer Zone Var. Mt. top Removal AOC Variance No. of Valley Fills

Vol. of Valley Fills

(Mil. cy)

 NWP Issued
1 5013-97 pending 3113 Spruce Fork No. 1 Hobet Mining Inc. Logan FWH&RL FWH&RL yes yes no 5 149
2 3025-97 pending 1550 Constitution MTR Independence Coal Boone forest/FWH&RL FWh&RL/combined use yes yes yes 7 90
3 5030-96 02/17/98 1354 Freeze Fork Elkay Mining Logan FWH&RL FWH&RL/ forestland yes yes no 2 35 yes-21
4 4003-97 12/23/97 410 Sewell Seam U.S. Steel Mining Wyoming forestland forestland yes yes no 5 11
5 5013-96 12/15/97 568 Surface Mine No. 1 Snap Creek Mining Logan FWH&RL FWH&RL yes yes no 4 34
6 4007-97 12/05/97 418 Freeman Branch No. 2 Mid-Vol Leasing McDowell forestland forestland yes yes no 4 24
7 5021-97 11/21/97 300 Parker Branch No. 2 Pen Coal Wayne FWH&RL FWH&RL yes no no 4 4
8 5020-97 11/20/97 879 Surface Mine No. 9 White Flame Energy Mingo forestland commercial forestland yes yes yes 6 68
9 5030-97 11/19/97 853 Red Cedar Mine No.1 Asset Management Boone FWH&RL FWH&RL yes yes no 6 21
10 5023-96 08/20/97 1650 Twilight MTR Independence Coal Boone forestland FWH&RL yes yes no 3 208 yes-21
11 3021-95 08/20/97 1425 Eagle Land No. 1 Lodestar Energy Raleigh forestland rangeland yes yes no 9 115
12 2006-97 08/20/97 808 Winoc 2 Vandalia Resources Clay forestland forestland yes yes no 3 27
13 5016-93 08/19/97 548 Big South Branch Cumberland River Mingo/Logan forestland pastureland yes yes yes 4 21
14 5015-94 04/07/97 1147 Cook Mountain Cook Mountain Boone FWH&RL FWH&RL yes no no 7 48
15 4020-96 04/07/97 1102 Coal Mountain No. 1 Laurel Run Mining Wyoming FWH&RL FWH&RL yes yes no 9 92
16 5017-96 03/18/97 735 Sandy Gap Laurel Run Mining Mingo/Logan forestland woodland/FWH&RL yes yes yes 7 41
17 3007-96 03/06/97 668 Fourmile Battle Ridge Boone/Kanawha forestland FWH&RL yes yes no 3 36
18 5024-96 02/26/97 271 Hopkins Fork Pine Ridge Coal Boone forestland FWH&RL yes yes no 2 5
19 5015-96 12/17/96 970 Wade No. 3 Elkay Mining Logan forest forest yes no no 5 67
20 3006-96 11/07/96 245 Island 5 Princess Beverly Kanawha/Raleigh FWH&RL FWH&RL yes yes no 2 40
21 2003-96 10/11/96 695 Monoc 4 Vandalia Resources Clay/Nicholas forestland/ FWH&RL forestland/ FWH&RL yes yes no 2 40
22 3004-95 10/01/96 1919 Samples Mine Extension Catenary Coal Boone forestland rangeland yes yes yes 8 118
23 5003-96 09/04/96 2073 Hobet 21--Westridge Hobet Mining Inc. Boone/Lincoln FWH&RL FWH&RL yes yes no 7 137 yes-21
24 4010-96 08/14/96 534 Eckman No. 1 Mid-Vol Leasing McDowell forestland forestland yes yes no 3 17
25 5030-95 06/03/96 378 Frozen Hollow Pine Ridge Coal Boone forestland/ FWH&RL FWH&RL yes yes no 2 16
26 2009-95 05/13/96 1619 Surface Mine No. 3 Fola Coal Clay forestland hayland or pasture, FWH&RL yes yes yes 7 216
27 5031-95 03/12/96 517 West Cazy Wind River Resources Boone FWH&RL FWH&RL yes yes no 2 9
28 5013-95 02/20/96 274 No. 3 Mine Magnet Coal Mingo forestland forestland, commercial woodlands no yes yes 3 6
29 3002-95 02/09/96 387 Pax No. 3 New Land Leasing Fayette forestland forestland yes no no 9 17
30 5019-94 09/27/95 647 Little Muncy Branch Cumberland River Mingo/Logan forestland hayland or pasture yes yes yes 5 34
31 3027-94 09/22/95 617 Skitter Creek No. 1 Battle Ridge Raleigh/Fayette forestland hayland or pasture yes yes yes 3 45
32 5010-95 09/05/95 712 Boardtree No. 2 Elkay Mining Logan FWH&RL FWH&RL yes yes no 4 47 yes-21
33 5074-92 08/10/95 164 Surface Mine No. 7 Mingo-Logan Mingo/Logan forestland commercial woodland yes yes yes 1 5
34 3021-93 05/12/95 1334 Lilly Fork Peerless Eagle Coal Clay/Nicholas forestland rangeland yes yes no 15 74
35 3035-93 05/11/95 1163 Stanley Heritage Catenary Coal

Kanawha/Boone/

Raleigh

 forestland/FWH&RL forestland/FWH&RL yes yes no 3 74 yes-26
36 3014-92 04/07/95 224 Kayford Mountaintop No. 4 Princess Beverly Kanawha forestland fish & wildlife habitat yes yes yes 1
37 2004-94 02/14/95 605 Winoc No. 1 Vandalia Resources Clay forestland forestland/FWH&RL yes yes yes 3 15
38 5066-92 11/09/94 559 Surface Mine No. 5 White Flame Energy Mingo/Logan forestland/commercial woodland yes yes no 8 33
39 2002-94 08/17/94 960 Camp Creek Juliana Mining Webster forestland/FWH&RL forestland yes yes no 6 35
40 5041-93 06/21/94 273 Boardtree Elkay Mining Logan FWH&RL FWH&RL yes yes no 1
41 5023-93 11/17/93 1585 Tower Mountain Elkay Mining Logan fish & wildlife fish & wildlife yes yes no 7 32 yes-26
42 3041-91 11/10/93 705 Sycamore South Extension Cypress Kanawha Fayette FWH&RL agricultural yes yes yes 2 85
43 3011-92 11/02/93 351 Twenty Mile Creek No. 901 High Power Energy Nicholas forestland/wildlife habitat commercial woodland/ wildlife habitat yes yes yes 1 17
44 4031-92 10/15/93 336 Road Fork No. 6 Mid-Vol Leasing McDowell forestland forestland yes yes no 1 6
45 3013-91 01/07/92 642 A West High Power Energy Nicholas forestland forest/wildlife yes yes yes 3 45
46 5052-89 07/18/91 337 Right Fork Hobet Mining Inc. Mingo/Logan forestland rangeland yes yes yes 10 43
47 3024-90 07/15/91 2292 Samples/Cabin Creek No. 1 Catenary Coal Kanawha/Boone forestland fish & wildlife habitat yes yes no 7 111
48 5054-89 01/31/91 251 Whitman No. 3 Laurel Run Mining Logan fish & wildlife fish & wildlife yes 3
Totals 41167 224 2413


Note: FWH&RL = fish and wildlife habitat and recreation lands

AOC = approximate original contour

NWP = nationwide permit under § 404 of Clean Water Act from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Mil. cy = million cubic yards