                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 DEFINITIONS (§ 45.2-1300)

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Impound water&#8221; means to impound water for use in carrying out any
part of the process necessary in the production or preparation of minerals.
		&#8220;Refuse&#8221; means waste material resulting from a mineral mining
operation.
		&#8220;Silt&#8221; means fine particles resulting from a mineral mining
operation, suspended in or deposited by water.
		&#8220;Water&#8221; means water used in a mining operation.

HISTORY: 1997, c. 390, § 45.1-225.3; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.