                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 APPLICATION OF CHAPTER (§ 45.2-1002)

A. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the extraction of coal:

   1. By a landowner for his own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by
   him; or

   2. As an incidental part of federal, state, or local government-financed
   highway or other construction under regulations established by the Director.

B. Any agency, unit, or instrumentality of the Commonwealth, or of federal or
local government, including any publicly owned utility or publicly owned
corporation of federal, state, or local government, that proposes to engage in
coal surface mining operations that are subject to the requirements of this
chapter shall comply with the provisions of this chapter.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 290, §§ 45.1-259, 45.1-253; 1984, c. 590; 1988, c. 295;
2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.