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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75634</law_id><section_number>45.2-1225</section_number><catch_line> Injunction prohibiting mining operation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>45.2-1202</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Mineral Mines</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">Mineral Mines Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="12">Permits for Certain Mining Operations; Reclamation of Land</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="2">Regulation of Mining Activity</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever adverse ecological disruptions or the injurious effects thereof seriously threaten or endanger the health, safety, welfare, or property rights of citizens of the Commonwealth, and abatement by the application of control techniques is not feasible, the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall <span class="dictionary">petition</span> the appropriate <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> for an <span class="dictionary">injunction</span> to prohibit further operations. Such <span class="dictionary">injunction</span> shall not relieve the <span class="dictionary">operator</span> of the duty to reclaim lands previously affected according to the terms and conditions of the applicable permit.</p></section></text><history>1977, c. 312, &#xA7; 45.1-193.1; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
