Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Agency 25 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Chapter 130 - COAL SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION REGULATIONS
Part 762 - Criteria for Designating Areas as Unsuitable for Surface Coal Mining Operations
Section 4VAC25-130-762.13 - Land exempt from designation as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations

Universal Citation: 4 VA Admin Code 25-130-762-13

Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024

The requirements of this Part do not apply to:

(a) Lands on which surface coal mining operations were being conducted on August 3, 1977;

(b) Lands covered by a permit issued under the Act; or

(c) Lands where substantial legal and financial commitments in surface coal mining operations were in existence prior to January 4, 1977.

Statutory Authority

§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-230 of the Code of Virginia.

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