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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 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":76504,"section_number":"45.2-1015","catch_line":" Decision of Director upon permit application; hearing; appeal","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1015\/"},{"id":61906,"section_number":"45.2-1023","catch_line":" Forfeiture or release of performance bond","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1023\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":223759,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81130,"identifier":"45.2-1014","token":"45.2\/II\/C\/10\/2\/45.2-1014","url":"\/45.2-1014\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1014\/","token":"45.2\/II\/C\/10\/2\/45.2-1014","dublin_core":{"Title":" Public participation in process of issuing or revising permits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1014","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Director<\/span> shall establish by regulation procedures for the notification of and participation by the public and appropriate federal, state, and local governmental authorities in the process for issuing or revising coal surface mining permits<\/span>, in accordance with § 513 of the federal act<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person<\/span> having an interest that is or might be adversely affected, or the officer or head of any federal, state, or local governmental agency or authority, has the right to file written objections to the proposed initial or revised application for a permit<\/span> for a coal surface mining operation with the Director<\/span> within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant’s notice required by the regulation adopted pursuant to subsection A. If no written objection is filed and an informal hearing<\/span> is requested, the Director<\/span> shall then hold an informal hearing<\/span> in the manner and location prescribed by regulation, unless every party<\/span> requesting the informal hearing<\/span> stipulates agreement prior to the requested informal hearing<\/span> and withdraws such request therefor. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PROCESS OF ISSUING OR REVISING PERMITS (\u00a7 45.2-1014)\n\nA. The Director shall establish by regulation procedures for the notification of\nand participation by the public and appropriate federal, state, and local\ngovernmental authorities in the process for issuing or revising coal surface\nmining permits, in accordance with § 513 of the federal act.\n\nB. Any person having an interest that is or might be adversely affected, or the\nofficer or head of any federal, state, or local governmental agency or\nauthority, has the right to file written objections to the proposed initial or\nrevised application for a permit for a coal surface mining operation with the\nDirector within 30 days after the last publication of the applicant’s\nnotice required by the regulation adopted pursuant to subsection A. If no\nwritten objection is filed and an informal hearing is requested, the Director\nshall then hold an informal hearing in the manner and location prescribed by\nregulation, unless every party requesting the informal hearing stipulates\nagreement prior to the requested informal hearing and withdraws such request\ntherefor.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 290, \u00a7 45.1-239; 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}}