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