NOTICE:
The Williamsburg Independent School District Local Planning Committee (LPC) will meet on December 3rd at 6:00pm in the Jack V. Foley Auditorium. The public is invited to attend the public forum which will follow the LPC meeting at 7:00pm. Any questions about this process can be directed to Marc Taylor, Assistant Superintendent Williamsburg Independent School District, at 606 549-6044.
NOTICE OF BOND RELEASE
Permit # 918-0476
In accordance with KRS 350.093, notice is hereby given that Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC., 332 West Cumberland Gap Parkway, Suite 100, Corbin, Ky 40701, has filed for a Phase II & III Bond Release of permit number 918-0476 which was last issued on September 9, 2020. The application covers an area located approximately 0.8 miles northwest of KY 779 junction with KY 3423 and located 2.2 miles northwest of the confluence of an un-named tributary of Meadow Creek in Whitley County, Kentucky. The operation is located 3.9 miles southeast of Rockholds, Kentucky.
The bonds now in effect are as follows: INC 1 Surety bond in the amount of $22,600.00. Approximately 100% of the original bond amount of $22,600.00 is included in this application for release. INC 2 Surety bond in the amount of $62, 800.00. Approximately 100% of the original bond amount of $62,800.00 is included in this application for release.
Reclamation work performed includes Backfilling, re-grading, topsoil replacement, and drainage control including soil preparation and initial seeding and mulching in accordance with the approved reclamation plan, completed March 2018.
Written comments, objections, and requests for a public hearing of the informal conference must be filed with the Director, Division of Field Services, 300 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, KY 40601 by 12/27/2024.
A public hearing on the application has been scheduled for 12/30/2024 at 9:00 am at the Department for Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s Middlesboro Regional Office, 1804 East Cumberland Avenue, Middlesboro, KY 40965-1229. The hearing will be cancelled if no request for a hearing or informal conference is received by 12/27/2024.
