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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 269 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":225281,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63682,"identifier":"45.2-2118","token":"45.2\/V\/21\/3\/45.2-2118","url":"\/45.2-2118\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-2118\/","token":"45.2\/V\/21\/3\/45.2-2118","dublin_core":{"Title":" Confidentiality of logs, surveys, and reports","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-2118","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Director<\/span> shall hold confidential all logs, surveys, plats, and reports filed under this article by any person<\/span> engaged in the exploration for uranium for a period of two years after the completion of the exploratory activities. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Upon written request by any person<\/span> engaged in exploration for uranium, the Director<\/span> shall hold confidential all logs, surveys, plats, and reports filed under this chapter for an additional two-year period. The Director<\/span> shall grant such request if the requesting party<\/span> certifies that he considers all such information to be of a proprietary nature relating to his competitive rights. The requesting party<\/span> may renew his request every two years. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Nothing in this section shall be construed to deny the State Geologist<\/span> access to any log, survey, plat, or report filed under this article. However, the State Geologist<\/span> shall hold such information confidential to the same extent as the Director<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n CONFIDENTIALITY OF LOGS, SURVEYS, AND REPORTS (\u00a7 45.2-2118)\n\nA. The Director shall hold confidential all logs, surveys, plats, and reports\nfiled under this article by any person engaged in the exploration for uranium\nfor a period of two years after the completion of the exploratory activities.\n\nB. Upon written request by any person engaged in exploration for uranium, the\nDirector shall hold confidential all logs, surveys, plats, and reports filed\nunder this chapter for an additional two-year period. The Director shall grant\nsuch request if the requesting party certifies that he considers all such\ninformation to be of a proprietary nature relating to his competitive rights.\nThe requesting party may renew his request every two years.\n\nC. Nothing in this section shall be construed to deny the State Geologist access\nto any log, survey, plat, or report filed under this article. However, the State\nGeologist shall hold such information confidential to the same extent as the\nDirector.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 269, \u00a7 45.1-285; 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}}