Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Agency 25 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Chapter 130 - COAL SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION REGULATIONS
Part 764 - Procedures for Designating Areas Unsuitable for Surface Coal Mining Operations
Section 4VAC25-130-764.21 - Data base and inventory system requirements

Universal Citation: 4 VA Admin Code 25-130-764-21

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

(a) The Department shall develop and maintain a data base and inventory system which will permit evaluation of whether reclamation is feasible in areas covered by petitions.

(b) The Department shall include in the system information relevant to the criteria in 4VAC25-130-762.11, including, but not limited to, information received from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Department of Environmental Quality which administers Section 127 of the Clean Air Act, as amended ( 42 USC § 7420 et seq.).

(1) On potential coal resources of the Commonwealth, demand for those resources, the environment, the economy and the supply of coal, sufficient to enable the Director to prepare the statements required by 4VAC25-130-764.17(e); and

(2) That becomes available from petitions, publications, experiments, permit applications, mining and reclamation operations, and other sources.

Statutory Authority

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

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