Keystone Development has scaled back plans for a proposed
surface mine near Kanawha
State Forest
The company is seeking a permit from
the state Department of Environmental Protection for a 413.8-acre surface mine.
In 2009, Keystone proposed a 597-acre surface mine.
Keystone dropped plans for a mile-long
valley fill. The company now proposes hauling rock and other debris to an
adjacent surface mine.
Keystone also plans to mine no closer
than 588 feet from the state forest boundary. The 2009 proposal called for
mining as close as 100 feet from the boundary.
