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2018 Code of Virginia
Title 45.1 - Mines and Mining
Chapter 16 - Permits for Certain Mining Operations; Reclamation of Land
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 45.1-180. Definitions
- § 45.1-180.1. Repealed
- § 45.1-180.2. Legislative findings; declaration of policy
- § 45.1-180.3. Authority of Director; enforcement of chapter by injunction
- § 45.1-180.4. Exemption for restricted mining
Article 2. Regulation of Mining Activity
- § 45.1-181. Permit required; fee; renewal fee; application; furnishing copy of map, etc., to landowner; approval by Department
- § 45.1-182. Repealed
- § 45.1-182.1. Operations plan; reclamation; policy of Director
- § 45.1-183. Bond of operator
- § 45.1-184. Review of operations plan and reclamation provision by Director; issuance of permit
- § 45.1-184.1. Application for permit; adjoining landowners; local official
- § 45.1-184.2. Succession of one operator by another at uncompleted project
- § 45.1-185. Additional bond to be posted annually; release of previous bond; report of reclamation work
- § 45.1-186. Repealed
- § 45.1-186.1. Notice of noncompliance served on operator
- § 45.1-186.2. Collection of debts
- § 45.1-186.3. Commonwealth to have lien for reclamation work
- § 45.1-186.4. Perfection of lien; waiver of lien
- § 45.1-186.5. Recordation and indexing of lien; notice
- § 45.1-186.6. Priority of lien
- § 45.1-186.7. Hearing to determine amount of lien
- § 45.1-186.8. Satisfaction of lien
- § 45.1-187. Additional bond to cover amended estimate of land to be disturbed
- § 45.1-188. Interference with reclamation unlawful; other mining operations on land
- § 45.1-189. Repealed
- § 45.1-190. Repealed
- § 45.1-191. Penalty for violation of chapter, etc.
- § 45.1-192. Assistance of federal, state and local agencies
- § 45.1-193. Repealed
- § 45.1-193.1. Injunction prohibiting mining operation
- § 45.1-194. Appeals from decisions of the Department
- § 45.1-195. Repealed
- § 45.1-197. Local standards and regulations; waiver of application of chapter; review for strict compliance with chapter
- § 45.1-197.1. Repealed
- § 45.1-197.2. Repealed
Article 3. Orphaned Lands
- § 45.1-197.3. Definition
- § 45.1-197.4. Survey; priorities for reclamation
- § 45.1-197.5. Agreements with owners or lessees; reclamation by Director
- § 45.1-197.6. Contracts for reclamation
- § 45.1-197.7. Acceptance of federal funds, gifts, etc.
Article 4. Minerals Reclamation Fund
- § 45.1-197.8. Creation of Fund
- § 45.1-197.9. Membership in Fund; payments required
- § 45.1-197.10. Release of bonds and other securities
- § 45.1-197.11. Return of member payments
- § 45.1-197.12. Revocation of permits; reclamation work
- § 45.1-197.13. Collection of debt where cost of reclamation exceeds member's forfeited payments, etc.
- § 45.1-197.14. Decreases in size of Fund
- § 45.1-197.15. Order of return of payments
- § 45.1-197.16. Discontinuance of Fund
- § 45.1-197.17. Construction of article; Fund used solely for reclamation
- § 45.1-197.18. Reclamation funding
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