BRINGING DOWN THE MOUNTAINS: THE IMPACT OF MOUTAINTOP REMOVAL SURFACE COAL MINING ON SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITIES

Appendix Two. Coal Impoundments Found in the Nine Southern Coalfield Counties of West Virginia

202 AppendixTWO Coal Impoundments Found in the Nine Southern Coalfield Counties of West Virginia (Note: During the time that research was being done for this book, the coal-impoundment Web site listed slurry impoundments as low, medium, or high risk. At the time of this present study, that information had been omitted; no explanation was given for the omission. The original statements of low-, medium-, or high-risk level have been retained here, as they appeared during the original research.) County Coal Company Dam Name Height in feet Capacity in gallons DEP Classification MSHA Risk Level (Hazard Potential) Boone Elk Run Coal Company Chess Processing Refuse Disposal Area No. 1 410 769 million Class C High Boone Jupiter Coal Company, Inc. Pond Fork Slurry Impoundment 290 267.85 million Class C High Boone Eastern Associated Coal Corp Rocklick Branch Refuse Impoundment 390 3.0174 billion Class C Moderate Boone Eastern Associated Coal Corp Jarrells Branch Refuse Impoundment 385 2.2810 billion Class C Moderate Boone Pine Ridge Coal Company Spruce Lick Refuse Impoundment 420 1.5618 billion Class C High Appendix Two 203 County Coal Company Dam Name Height in feet Capacity in gallons DEP Classification MSHA Risk Level (Hazard Potential) Boone Omar Mining Company Chesterfield Preparation Plant 500 2.9594 billion Class C High Boone Independence Coal Company Elisa Fork Slurry Impoundment 800 769.01 million Class C Low Boone Eagle Energy, Inc. Brown’s Branch Slurry Impoundment 183 619,157,484 Class C Low Boone Catenary Coal Company Moccasin Hollow Slurry Impoundment 310 837,764,019 Class C High Boone Hobet Mining, Inc. Slippery Gut Slurry Impoundment 280 1,717,964,697 Class C N/A Boone Jacks Branch Coal Company Crooked Run Impoundment 350 2,769,334,331 Class C N/A Boone Independence Coal Company Jake Gore Slurry Impoundment 650 4.3664 billion Class C N/A Boone Wind River Resources Corp Plant One Coal Refuse Disposal 270 670,971,189 N/A Low Boone Pine Ridge Coal Company Lotts Fork Refuse Impoundment 354 985,763,889 Class C Low Kanawha Jacks Branch Coal Company Dunn Hollow Coal Refuse Dam 400 1.2806 billion Class C High Kanawha Catenary Coal Company Campbell’s Creek Slurry Impoundment 360 545.5 million Class C Moderate Kanawha Kanawha Eagle, LLC New West Hollow Impoundment 190 609.67 million Class C High Logan Hobet Mining, Inc. Monclo Refuse Dam/ Impoundment 450 1.4119 billion Class C High APPENDIX TWO 204 County Coal Company Dam Name Height in feet Capacity in gallons DEP Classification MSHA Risk Level (Hazard Potential) Logan Coal-Mac, Inc Dba Phoenix Coal -Mac Mining, Inc. Holden No. 22 Slurry Impoundment 330 912,251,308 Class C Low Logan Island Creek Coal Company Elk Creek No. 10 Slurry Impoundment 280 944,831,712 Class C Low Logan Trace Creek Coal Company Holden No. 29 Slurry Impoundment 320 793.12 million Class C High Logan Apogee Coal Company d/b/a Arch of WV Little White Oak Slurry Impoundment 360 185,409,462 Class C Low Logan Hobet Mining, Inc. Pine Creek Slurry Impoundment 285 1.0264 billion Class C High Logan Stirrat Coal Company Rockhouse Mitigation Pond 50 66,138,219 Class A N/A McDowell Mid-Vol Leasing,Inc. Harmon Branch Coal Refuse Disposal Facility 281 186.71 million N/A High McDowell Virginia Crews Coal Company Lick Branch Slurry Impoundment N/A N/A Class C High McDowell Consolidation Coal Company Amonate Slurry Dam 375 1.6130 billion Class C N/A McDowell Deepgreen West Virginia, Inc. Pageton Preparation Plant 298 1,029,690,510 Class C N/A McDowell Mineral Development Corporation Grapevine Branch Impoundment Pond 1 430 490.08 million Class C Moderate Appendix Two 205 County Coal Company Dam Name Height in feet Capacity in gallons DEP Classification MSHA Risk Level (Hazard Potential) McDowell West Virginia Properties, Inc. Barrenshe Branch Fine Coal Refue Disposal Area 90 228,062,827 Class C Low McDowell Mineral Development Corporation Grapevine Branch Impoundment Pond 2 510 2.2441 billion Class C Moderate McDowell Cannelton Industries, Inc. Elkhorn Creek Coal Refuse Dam 157 76.2 million Class C N/A McDowell Consolidation Coal Company Dalton’s Branch Coal Refuse Dam 305 20,062,162 Class C N/A McDowell Second Sterling Corp. Clark Branch Coal Refuse Dam 63 1,009,878,443 Class C Moderate Mingo Mingo Logan Coal Company Ben Creek Slurry Impoundment 390 5...