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2025 Code of Virginia
Title 45.2 - Mines, Minerals, and Energy
Chapter 12 - Permits for Certain Mining Operations; Reclamation of Land
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 45.2-1200. Definitions
- § 45.2-1201. Construction of chapter
- § 45.2-1202. Authority of Director; enforcement of chapter by injunction
- § 45.2-1203. Exemption for restricted mining
Article 2. Regulation of Mining Activity
- § 45.2-1204. Permit Fee Fund
- § 45.2-1205. Permit required; fee; renewal fee; application; furnishing copy of map, etc., to landowner; approval by Department
- § 45.2-1206. Operations plan; reclamation; policy of Director
- § 45.2-1207. Special Reclamation Fund
- § 45.2-1208. Bond of operator
- § 45.2-1209. Review of operations plan and reclamation provision by Director; issuance of permit
- § 45.2-1210. Application for permit; adjoining landowners; local official
- § 45.2-1211. Succession of one operator by another at uncompleted project
- § 45.2-1212. Additional bond to be posted annually; release of previous bond; report of reclamation work
- § 45.2-1213. Notice of noncompliance served on operator
- § 45.2-1214. Collection of debts
- § 45.2-1215. Commonwealth to have lien for reclamation work
- § 45.2-1216. Perfection of lien; waiver of lien
- § 45.2-1217. Recordation and indexing of lien; notice
- § 45.2-1218. Priority of lien
- § 45.2-1219. Hearing to determine amount of lien
- § 45.2-1220. Satisfaction of lien
- § 45.2-1221. Additional bond to cover amended estimate of land to be disturbed
- § 45.2-1222. Interference with reclamation unlawful; other mining operations on land
- § 45.2-1223. Penalty for violation of chapter, etc.
- § 45.2-1224. Assistance of federal, state, and local agencies
- § 45.2-1225. Injunction prohibiting mining operation
- § 45.2-1226. Appeals from decisions of the Department
- § 45.2-1227. Local standards and regulations; waiver of application of chapter; review for strict compliance with chapter
Article 3. Orphaned Lands
- § 45.2-1228. Orphaned Lands Reclamation Fund
- § 45.2-1229. Survey; priorities for reclamation
- § 45.2-1230. Agreements with owners or lessees; reclamation by Director
- § 45.2-1231. Contracts for reclamation
- § 45.2-1232. Acceptance of federal funds, gifts, etc.
Article 4. Minerals Reclamation Fund
- § 45.2-1233. Definition
- § 45.2-1234. Minerals Reclamation Fund
- § 45.2-1235. Membership in Fund; payments required
- § 45.2-1236. Release of bonds and other securities
- § 45.2-1237. Return of member payments
- § 45.2-1238. Revocation of permits; reclamation work
- § 45.2-1239. Collection of debt where cost of reclamation exceeds member's forfeited payments, etc.
- § 45.2-1240. Decreases in size of Fund
- § 45.2-1241. Order of return of payments
- § 45.2-1242. Discontinuance of Fund
- § 45.2-1243. Construction of article; Fund used solely for reclamation
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