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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 290 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1984, chapter 590; in 1988, chapter 295.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":223709,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62492,"identifier":"45.2-1002","token":"45.2\/II\/C\/10\/1\/45.2-1002","url":"\/45.2-1002\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1002\/","token":"45.2\/II\/C\/10\/1\/45.2-1002","dublin_core":{"Title":" Application of chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1002","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the extraction of coal: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> By a landowner for his own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by him; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> As an incidental part of federal, state, or local government-financed highway or other construction under regulations established by the Director<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any agency, unit, or instrumentality of the Commonwealth, or of federal or local government, including any publicly owned utility or publicly owned corporation of federal, state, or local government, that proposes to engage in coal surface mining operations that are subject to the requirements of this chapter shall comply with the provisions of this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n APPLICATION OF CHAPTER (\u00a7 45.2-1002)\n\nA. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the extraction of coal:\n\n 1. By a landowner for his own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by\n him; or\n\n 2. As an incidental part of federal, state, or local government-financed\n highway or other construction under regulations established by the Director.\n\nB. Any agency, unit, or instrumentality of the Commonwealth, or of federal or\nlocal government, including any publicly owned utility or publicly owned\ncorporation of federal, state, or local government, that proposes to engage in\ncoal surface mining operations that are subject to the requirements of this\nchapter shall comply with the provisions of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 290, \u00a7\u00a7 45.1-259, 45.1-253; 1984, c. 590; 1988, c. 295;\n2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}