                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 REGULATION OF COAL SURFACE MINING NOT AFFECTED BY CHAPTER (§ 45.2-1601)

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting the powers of the
Director relating to coal surface mining operations and reclamation. The
provisions of Chapter 10 (§ 45.2-1000 et seq.), including requirements for
permits and bonds, shall apply to gas, oil, or geophysical operations located on
any area for which a coal surface mining permit is in effect and shall be in
addition to the requirements for gas, oil, or geophysical operations set forth
in this chapter, except that well work and the operation of pipelines on an area
that has been reclaimed by the surface mine operator or the Director shall be
treated as postmining uses. The Director shall give special consideration to the
development and adoption of variances from the postmining use requirements of
Chapter 10 for gas, oil, or geophysical operations; however, all such variances
shall be consistent with the provisions of Chapter 10.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 347, § 45.1-289; 1984, c. 590; 1990, c. 92, § 45.1-361.2;
2013, cc. 47, 129; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.