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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77186</law_id><section_number>45.2-1238</section_number><catch_line> Revocation of permits; reclamation work</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>45.2-1234</reference><reference>45.2-1240</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="4">Minerals Reclamation Fund</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If a permit issued to a member is revoked pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title=" Notice of noncompliance served on operator" href="/45.2-1213/">45.2-1213</a>, then the payments that the member has made to the Fund in connection with such permit shall be forfeited to the Fund. The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall use such forfeited payments, or as much of such payments as necessary, for the <span class="dictionary">reclamation</span> of the <span class="dictionary">mining operation</span> to which the permit applied. If the cost of <span class="dictionary">reclamation</span> exceeds the amount of the forfeited payments, the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall also use the proceeds from the member&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">bond</span> or other security also forfeited in conjunction with the <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> of the permit in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title=" Notice of noncompliance served on operator" href="/45.2-1213/">45.2-1213</a>, except that if all of the member&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> and other securities have been released pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title=" Release of bonds and other securities" href="/45.2-1236/">45.2-1236</a>, then the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall draw upon the Fund for the entire cost of <span class="dictionary">reclamation</span>.</p></section></text><history>1978, c. 634, &#xA7; 45.1-197.12; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
