                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 AGREEMENTS WITH OWNERS OR LESSEES; RECLAMATION BY DIRECTOR (§ 45.2-1230)

The Director is authorized to enter into agreements with owners or lessees of
orphaned land when the owners agree to the reclamation of such land by the
Division to the extent and in the manner deemed appropriate or reasonable by the
Director. The Director shall not return orphaned land to any use other than the
minimum potential use of the land that existed prior to the initiation of mining
operations unless the landowner or owners, or lessee or lessees, agree to bind
themselves to the payment of the additional cost upon terms that the Director
deems reasonable. In entering into such agreements, the Director shall be guided
by the priorities for reclamation established by him and shall not enter into
any such agreement unless funds are immediately available for the performance of
the agreement by the Director as provided in this article.

HISTORY: 1978, c. 634, § 45.1-197.5; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.