NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF SURFACE COAL MINING PERMIT

 

IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALABAMA SURFACE MINING COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 880-X-8K-.12(5)(d) THE ALABAMA SURFACE MINING COMMISSION GIVES NOTICE OF ITS DECISION TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATIONS UNDER DRUMMOND COMPANY, INC., SURFACE COAL MINING PERMIT P3915-01-19-S, SHORT CREEK SOUTH MINE. THE LOCATION OF THIS MINE IS AS FOLLOWS:  SE/SE, SW/SE OF SECTION 17; NW/NE, NE/NE, SE/NE, SW/NE, NE/SE OF SECTION 19; NW/NW, NE/NW, SE/NW, SW/NW, NW/NE, NE/NE, SE/NE, SW/NE, NW/SE, NE/SE, NW/SW, NE/SW OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 17 SOUTH, RANGE 5 WEST, ALL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA.  THIS PERMIT, ISSUED ON JUNE 3, 2014, WAS SUBJECT TO TERMINATION DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE PERMITTEE TO COMMENCE SURFACE COAL MINING WITHIN THREE YEARS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE.  THE PERMITTEE HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT AN EXTENSION OF TIME IS NECESSARY TO INITIATE OPERATIONS AT THIS PERMIT DUE TO CONDITIONS BEYOND ITS CONTROL.  ACCORDINGLY, THE TERMINATION DATE OF THIS PERMIT SHALL BE EXTENDED UNTIL MAY 20, 2019, WHICH CORRESPONDS TO THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THIS PERMIT.

 

This notice is hereby given the 26th day of June 2017, by authority of the Alabama Surface Mining Commission.

 

Johnathan E. Hall

Director