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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61284</law_id><section_number>45.2-900</section_number><catch_line> Scope of chapter</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>45.2-1101</reference><reference>45.2-500</reference><reference>45.2-501</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="II">Coal Mining</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="C">Surface Coal Mines</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="9">Requirements Applicable to Surface Coal Mines</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>This chapter applies to the operation of any surface coal mine in the Commonwealth and supplements the provisions of Chapter 5 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title=" Coal Mine Safety Act" href="/45.2-500/">45.2-500</a> et seq.).</p></section></text><history>1994, c. 28, &#xA7; 45.1-161.253; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
