LEGAL NOTICE Pursuant to the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act and Clean Streams Law, notice hereby is given that Hillside Stone, LLC, 4080 Sandy Lake Road, Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania 16145, has made application to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for renewing its existing surface coal mine permit and the related NPDES permit. The current permit #61110103 was issued on April 17, 2012 and will expire on April 15, 2027. This renewal does not contain revisions to the existing operation. The receiving stream(s) for this permit area are unnamed tributaries to Scrubgrass Creek (CWF) to the Allegheny River (WWF). The operation is located in Irwin Township, Venango County and is known as the Lemke Mine. The permit area is situated north of SR-208, south of Interstate 80, east of Barkey-Hoffman Road (T-314), and west of Georgetown Road (SR-3003) on the Larry & Karen S. Lemke, Robert Earl Surrena, and Debra M. Uber properties. The Barkeyville, Pa., U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute topographic map contains the area described. A copy of the application is available for public inspection at the Department of Environmental Protection, Knox District Office, White Memorial Building, P.O. Box 669, Knox, Pennsylvania 16232. Written comments, objections, or a request for public hearing or informal conference may be submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection, Knox District Office, White Memorial Building, P.O. Box 669, Knox, Pennsylvania 16232, within 30 days following the date of the last (i.e. 4th) publication of this notice and must include the persons name, address, telephone number, and a brief statement as to the nature of the objection(s). FIKE ASSOCIATES, A DIVISION OF LSSE