                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 PERMIT REQUIRED FOR COAL SURFACE MINING OPERATION; TERM; TRANSFER, ETC (§
45.2-1009)

A. No person shall engage in or carry out any coal surface mining operation
without having first obtained a permit to engage in such operation issued by the
Director in accordance with state regulations.

B. Each coal surface mining permit issued pursuant to the requirements of this
chapter shall be for a term of five years. The rights granted under such permit
shall not be transferred, assigned, or sold without the written approval of the
Director in accordance with regulations adopted by the Director. The Director
shall also adopt regulations meeting the requirements of &#xA7; 506 of the
federal act for longer permit terms, successors in interest to the permittee,
termination of the permit for failure to commence operation, right of and
procedure for permit renewal, and extension of boundaries of a mining operation.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 290, § 45.1-234; 1980, c. 364; 1983, c. 134; 1984, c. 590;
2013, cc. 47, 129; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.