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I, c. 387; 2025, cc. 390, 405.","full_text":"Any operator engaged in mining who disturbs less than one acre of land and removes less than 500 tons of minerals at any particular site is exempt from all mining permit fees, renewal fees, and bond requirements of this chapter if such person intending to engage in such restricted mining submits an application for a permit, a sketch of the mining site, and an operations plan to be adhered to in accordance with \u00a7\u00a7 45.2-1205 and 45.2-1206. A permit shall not be issued for any operational plan that includes the use of cyanide or a cyanide compound in any mineral mining or processing operation. The Director shall approve the application if he determines that the issuance of the permit will not violate any provision of this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":292225,"text":"Any operator engaged in mining who disturbs less than one acre of land and removes less than 500 tons of minerals at any particular site is exempt from all mining permit fees, renewal fees, and bond requirements of this chapter if such person intending to engage in such restricted mining submits an application for a permit, a sketch of the mining site, and an operations plan to be adhered to in accordance with \u00a7\u00a7 45.2-1205 and 45.2-1206. A permit shall not be issued for any operational plan that includes the use of cyanide or a cyanide compound in any mineral mining or processing operation. 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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 312 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 1977 \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 2025, chapters 390<\/a> and 405<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":87330,"section_number":"45.2-1211","catch_line":" Succession of one operator by another at uncompleted project","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1211\/"},{"id":71540,"section_number":"45.2-1304","catch_line":" Adjacent owner to be permitted to survey mine; proceedings to compel entry for survey","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1304\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76591,"section_number":"45.2-1205","catch_line":" Permit required; fee; renewal fee; application; furnishing copy of map, etc., to landowner; approval by Department","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1205\/"},{"id":66753,"section_number":"45.2-1206","catch_line":" Operations plan; reclamation; policy of Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1206\/"}],"permalink":{"id":224421,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81599,"identifier":"45.2-1203","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/1\/45.2-1203","url":"\/45.2-1203\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1203\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/1\/45.2-1203","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemption for restricted mining","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1203","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any operator<\/span> engaged in mining<\/span> who disturbs less than one acre of land and removes less than 500 tons of minerals<\/span> at any particular site is exempt from all mining<\/span> permit fees, renewal fees, and bond<\/span> requirements of this chapter if such person intending to engage in such restricted mining<\/span> submits an application for a permit, a sketch of the mining<\/span> site, and an operations plan to be adhered to in accordance with \u00a7\u00a7 45.2-1205<\/a> and 45.2-1206<\/a>. A permit shall not be issued for any operational plan that includes the use of cyanide or a cyanide compound in any mineral<\/span> mining<\/span> or processing operation. The Director<\/span> shall approve the application if he determines that the issuance of the permit will not violate any provision of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTION FOR RESTRICTED MINING (\u00a7 45.2-1203)\n\nAny operator engaged in mining who disturbs less than one acre of land and\nremoves less than 500 tons of minerals at any particular site is exempt from all\nmining permit fees, renewal fees, and bond requirements of this chapter if such\nperson intending to engage in such restricted mining submits an application for\na permit, a sketch of the mining site, and an operations plan to be adhered to\nin accordance with \u00a7\u00a7 45.2-1205 and 45.2-1206. A permit shall not be issued\nfor any operational plan that includes the use of cyanide or a cyanide compound\nin any mineral mining or processing operation. The Director shall approve the\napplication if he determines that the issuance of the permit will not violate\nany provision of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 312, \u00a7 45.1-180.4; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387; 2025, cc. 390,\n405.","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}}