Public Notice Application for Bond Reduction

Under Chapter 19, Title 45.2

Code of Virginia PUBLICATION NUMBER: 26TLD01

APPLICATION NUMBER:

1011841

The Black Diamond Company   of   1073

Riverview Street, Grundy, Virginia 24614 is applying for bond reduction on Permit                     No.1102305 located in Buchanan County at the former Grundy Regional Airport, on Big Rock Branch, Turkeypen Branch, Cripple Creek, Little Prater Creek, and Big Lick Branch, north of Big Lick Branch, south of Little Prater Creek, east of Lovers Gap, and west of US Route 460, off Routes 737          and       718,

approximately 1.4 miles west of Vansant, Virginia on the USGS Vansant and Prater quadrangle maps, latitude  37⁰  13’  57”,

longitude 82⁰ 07’ 29”. This permit consists of 390.29 acres which are bonded under the Virginia Coal Surface  Mining Reclamation Fund (Pool Bond) for $471,600.00 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 bond   reduction   of

$461,600.00 on increment number 1, consisting of

389.97 acres.

This bond reduction request is based on completion  of  Phase  III

requirements and the following reclamation:

1.      Types                   of

Reclamation           Work Performed:   the  areas

proposed for bond reduction have been reclaimed, revegetated, and the post-mining land use has been achieved.

2. Appropriate Date(s) of Reclamation Work Performed: the majority of the reclamation work was performed between April 2021 and December 2024; part of the reclamation work was performed between February   2024   and

October  2024,  January

2025, and March 2025.

3.      Description           of Reclamation   Results

Achieved: the area proposed for a post-mining land use of Public Use – Buildings and Facilities and Fish and Wildlife Habitat – Wetlands has been reclaimed and revegetated to meet the requirements of the mining permit.

4. Description of the Post-Mining Land Use: Public Use – Buildings and Facilities and Fish and Wildlife Habitat –

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 July 30,

2026 submit written comments or objections concerning this bond reduction, 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.a spx?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.

VM-07-30;2026