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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57314</law_id><section_number>45.2-2006</section_number><catch_line> Cancellation or suspension of permit</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>45.2-2008</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="V">Other Sources of Energy; Energy Policy</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="20">Geothermal Energy</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Resource Regulation</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> determines, after a public <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> held in conjunction with the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, that a holder of a permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter has willfully violated any provision of such permit or any provision of this chapter, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> may cancel or suspend such permit for cause or impose limitations on the future use thereof in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to prevent future violations.</p></section></text><history>1981, c. 506, &#xA7; 45.1-179.9; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
