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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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1984, chapter 590.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78271,"section_number":"45.2-1048","catch_line":" Collection of reclamation tax and penalties for nonpayment","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1048\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":223747,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69681,"identifier":"45.2-1011","token":"45.2\/II\/C\/10\/2\/45.2-1011","url":"\/45.2-1011\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1011\/","token":"45.2\/II\/C\/10\/2\/45.2-1011","dublin_core":{"Title":" Operation and reclamation plans","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1011","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each application for a coal surface mining <span class=\"dictionary\">permit<\/span> pursuant to <span class=\"dictionary\">state regulations<\/span> shall include an operation plan and a reclamation plan, in such form and containing such information as the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> requires, including the information required under \u00a7&nbsp;508(a) of the <span class=\"dictionary\">federal act<\/span>, and meeting the requirements of this chapter and regulations adopted by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span>. 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An operation plan and a reclamation plan, as\napproved by the Director, shall be integral parts of the terms and conditions of\na coal surface mining permit.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 290, \u00a7 45.1-236; 1984, c. 590; 2021, 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}}