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Appendix: Cumulative Local Impact of Surface Mining Permits issued for surface mines on Williams Mountain and Kayford Mountain in Coal River illustrate the explosion of mountaintop removal mining that began in the late 1980s. Of twenty-eight permits issued for the two mountains between 1976 and 2003 totaling 15,577 acres, only five permits totaling 2,147 acres (about 14 percent of the total acreage) were issued before 1987. Table . Williams Mountain Quadrant Operator Parent Permit #2 Facility Name Acres3 Elk Run Massey 505792 East Stollings 1,238 Elk Run Massey 507586 411 Elk Run Massey 600687 60 Elk Run Massey 601189 236 Elk Run Massey 601487 246 Elk Run Massey 602688 344 Independence Massey 501400 Ramo Surface 80 Jack’s Branch Massey 007984 131 Omar Mining Massey 007076 316 Omar Mining Massey 502387 268 Omar Mining Massey 503190 97 Independence Massey 501200 Laxare East 1,534 Independence Massey 502401 Lexerd 837 Elk Run Massey 502898 West Stollings 1,087 Total Massey Acres: 6,885 Asset Mining Peabody 503095 Frozen Hollow 388 Pine Ridge Peabody 502995 Williams Mtn. 194 Total Peabody Acres: 582 Total Williams Mountain Acres: 7,467 Percentage of Quad: 20.18% . Based on USGS . minute topographic map quadrants. . The last two digits of the permit number indicate the year the application was submitted. . All data except for parent company taken from DEP records. 178 Appendix Table 2. Kayford Mountain Operator Parent Permit # Facility Name Acres Catenary Arch 300800 Kayford South 712 Catenary Arch 301795 Samples Ext. 83 Catenary Arch 302390 (White Oak Hollow) 499 Catenary Arch 302490 Cabin Creek 2282 Catenary Arch 303593 Stanley Heritage 1098 Catenary Arch 601287 Samples 203 Total Arch Acres: 4,877 Princess Beverly Horizon1 300599 Kayford Mtn. 5 459 Princess Beverly Horizon 301492 Kayford Mtn. 224 Princess Beverly Horizon 302791 Kayford Mtn. 2 377 Princess Beverly Horizon 600989 209 Princess Beverly Horizon 603586 Kayford Mtn. 289 Princess Beverly Horizon z002781 Notomine Surface 1000 Total Horizon Acres: 2,558 Cumulative Acres: 7,435 Percentage of Quadrant: 20.09%2 Total Permitted Acres on Williams & Kayford Mountains: 14,902 Percentage of Two Quadrants: 20.01% 1. The Princess Beverly mine shut down in 2003. Later that year, Horizon sold its reserves on Kayford Mountain to Massey Energy. 2. Catenary and Princess Beverly straddle three topographic quadrants. They are all close enough in proximity that they could fit within the spatial area of any one of the quadrants. This percentage estimate is based on the spatial area of a quadrant at 38°00'00"N. 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 1976 1981 1984 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 1998 1999 2000 2001 Acres Year Peabody Horizon Arch Massey Mountaintop Removal Timeline: Kayford and Williams Mountains. ...

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