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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 347 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 1982 \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 1990, chapter 92.<\/p>","references":[{"id":87450,"section_number":"45.2-1611","catch_line":" Objections by coal owner","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1611\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":65415,"section_number":"45.2-1632","catch_line":" Notice of permit applications and permit modification applications required; content","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1632\/"},{"id":76183,"section_number":"45.2-1637","catch_line":" Objections to permits; hearing","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1637\/"}],"permalink":{"id":224835,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83420,"identifier":"45.2-1638","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/3\/45.2-1638","url":"\/45.2-1638\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1638\/","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/3\/45.2-1638","dublin_core":{"Title":" Appeals of Director’s decisions to the Board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1638","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person with standing under the provisions of § 45.2-1632<\/a> who is aggrieved by a decision of the Director<\/span> may appeal<\/span> to the Board<\/span>, subject to the limitations imposed by subsection B, by petition<\/span> to the Board<\/span> filed within 10 days following the appealed decision. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No petition<\/span> for appeal<\/span> may raise any matter other than a matter that was raised by the Director<\/span> or that the petitioner put in issue<\/span> either by application or by an objection, proposal, or claim made and specified in writing at the informal fact<\/span>-finding<\/span> hearing<\/span> held under § 45.2-1637<\/a> leading to the appealed decision. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n APPEALS OF DIRECTOR’S DECISIONS TO THE BOARD (\u00a7 45.2-1638)\n\nA. Any person with standing under the provisions of § 45.2-1632 who is\naggrieved by a decision of the Director may appeal to the Board, subject to the\nlimitations imposed by subsection B, by petition to the Board filed within 10\ndays following the appealed decision.\n\nB. No petition for appeal may raise any matter other than a matter that was\nraised by the Director or that the petitioner put in issue either by application\nor by an objection, proposal, or claim made and specified in writing at the\ninformal fact-finding hearing held under § 45.2-1637 leading to the\nappealed decision.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 347, \u00a7 45.1-325; 1984, c. 590; 1990, c. 92, \u00a7 45.1-361.36;\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}}