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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83420</law_id><section_number>45.2-1638</section_number><catch_line> Appeals of Director&amp;#8217;s decisions to the Board</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>45.2-1611</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="IV">Gas and Oil</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="16">Virginia Gas and Oil Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Regulation of Gas and Oil Development and Production</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any person with standing under the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title=" Notice of permit applications and permit modification applications required; content" href="/45.2-1632/">45.2-1632</a> who is aggrieved by a decision of the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> may <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, subject to the limitations imposed by subsection B, by <span class="dictionary">petition</span> to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> filed within 10 days following the appealed decision. <a id="paragraph-298902" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-1638/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No <span class="dictionary">petition</span> for <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> may raise any matter other than a matter that was raised by the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> or that the petitioner put in <span class="dictionary">issue</span> either by application or by an objection, proposal, or claim made and specified in writing at the informal <span class="dictionary">fact</span>-<span class="dictionary">finding</span> <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> held under &#xA7; <a class="law" title=" Objections to permits; hearing" href="/45.2-1637/">45.2-1637</a> leading to the appealed decision. <a id="paragraph-298903" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-1638/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1982, c. 347, &#xA7; 45.1-325; 1984, c. 590; 1990, c. 92, &#xA7; 45.1-361.36; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
