APPLICATION FOR PERMIT RENEWAL - PUBLICATION NO. 25JLM09 - Paramont Contura

December 09, 2025

PUBLIC NOTICE

APPLICATION FOR

PERMIT RENEWAL

COAL SURFACE MINING PERMIT NO. 1102158

NPDES PERMIT NO. 0082158

APPLICATION NO.

1011766

UNDER CHAPTER 19

TITLE 45.1

CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUBLICATION NO.

25JLM09

Paramont Contura, LLC of 5703 Crutchfield Drive, Norton, Virginia 24273 is applying to the Virginia Mined Land Repurposing Program (VMLR) for a renewal to Permit No. 1102158, 88 Strip, by Application 1011766. The permit area is approximately 2174.20 acres. The surface mine is located in Dickenson and Buchanan Counties on Cane Creek, approximately 0.25 miles south of Duty on State Routes 601 and 602. The Duty, Virginia USGS 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle map was used to describe the permit location. Drainage will pass through sediment control structures and be discharged into Cane Creek, Tiller Fork, Three Forks, Indian Creek, and Left Fork of Cane Creek of the Russell Fork. Discharge locations and the permit area may be viewed on the Renewal Map which is attached in Section 21.2 of the application. Additional discharge details are available in the NPDES Application attached in Section 5.15 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 December 31, 2025, 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 at

repurposingpublicnotice@energy.virginia.gov .

Paramont Contura, LLC

(Applicant)

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