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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 28<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":64032,"section_number":"45.2-1501","catch_line":" Regulations governing conditions and practices at surface mineral mines","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1501\/"}],"permalink":{"id":224657,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82168,"identifier":"45.2-1502","token":"45.2\/III\/C\/15\/45.2-1502","url":"\/45.2-1502\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1502\/","token":"45.2\/III\/C\/15\/45.2-1502","dublin_core":{"Title":" Standards for regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1502","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In adopting regulations pursuant to \u00a7 45.2-1501<\/a>, the Director<\/span> shall consider:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Standards utilized and generally recognized by the surface mineral mining industry; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Standards established by recognized professional mineral mining organizations and groups; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The federal mine safety law<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Research, demonstrations, experiments, and any other information available regarding the maintenance of a reasonable degree of safety protection, including the latest available scientific data in the field, the technical and economic feasibility of such standards, and the experience gained under the Act and other mine safety laws<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Any other criteria necessary to ensure the safety and health of miners and other persons or property likely to be endangered by any surface mineral mine or related operation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n STANDARDS FOR REGULATIONS (\u00a7 45.2-1502)\n\nIn adopting regulations pursuant to \u00a7 45.2-1501, the Director shall consider:\n\n1. Standards utilized and generally recognized by the surface mineral mining\nindustry;\n\n2. Standards established by recognized professional mineral mining organizations\nand groups;\n\n3. The federal mine safety law;\n\n4. Research, demonstrations, experiments, and any other information available\nregarding the maintenance of a reasonable degree of safety protection, including\nthe latest available scientific data in the field, the technical and economic\nfeasibility of such standards, and the experience gained under the Act and other\nmine safety laws; and\n\n5. Any other criteria necessary to ensure the safety and health of miners and\nother persons or property likely to be endangered by any surface mineral mine or\nrelated operation.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.306; 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}}