                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 ADDITIONAL BOND TO BE POSTED ANNUALLY; RELEASE OF PREVIOUS BOND; REPORT OF
RECLAMATION WORK (§ 45.2-1212)

A. Within 10 days following the anniversary date of any permit, the operator
shall post additional bond in the amount of $3,000 per acre for each acre of
land estimated by him to be disturbed during the next year following the
anniversary date of the permit. Bond or other security previously posted shall
be released for each area disturbed in the last 12 months if reclamation work
has been completed or transferred to additional acres to be disturbed.

B. To obtain the approval of the Director to release the bond, the operator
shall file with the Department a written report on a form prescribed by the
Department stating under oath that reclamation has been completed on certain
lands and shall submit (i) the identity of the operation; (ii) the county or
city in which the operation is located and its location with reference to the
nearest public highway; (iii) a description of the area of land affected by the
operation within the period of time covered by such report with sufficient
certainty to enable the operation to be located and distinguished from other
lands; and (iv) an accurate map or plan prepared by a licensed land surveyor or
licensed engineer or issued by a standard mapping service or in a manner
acceptable to the Director showing the boundary lines of the area of land
affected by the operation, the number of acres comprising such area, and the
methods of access to the area from the nearest public highway.

HISTORY: 1968, c. 734, § 45.1-185; 1974, c. 312; 1977, c. 312; 2017, c. 4;
2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.