Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Agency 25 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Chapter 130 - COAL SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION REGULATIONS
Part 702 - Exemption for Coal Extraction Incidental to the Extraction of Other Minerals
Section 4VAC25-130-702.15 - Conditions of exemption and right of inspection and entry

(a) Maintain on-site or at other locations available to authorized representatives of the Division and the Secretary information necessary to verify the exemption including, but not limited to, commercial use and sales information, extraction tonnages, and a copy of the exemption application and exemption approved by the division;

(b) Notify the division upon the completion of the mining operation or permanent cessation of all coal extraction activities; and

(c) Conduct operations in accordance with the approved application or when authorized to extract coal under 4VAC25-130-702.11(b) or 4VAC25-130-702.11(e)(3) prior to submittal or approval of an exemption application in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(d) Authorized representatives of the Division and the Secretary shall have the right to conduct inspections of operations claiming exemption under this Part.

(e) Each authorized representative of the Division and the Secretary conducting an inspection under this Part:

(f) No search warrant shall be required with respect to any activity under Paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section, except that a search warrant may be required for entry into a building.