Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Agency 25 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Chapter 130 - COAL SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION REGULATIONS
Part 816 - Permanent Program Performance Standards-Surface Mining Activities
Section 4VAC25-130-816.79 - Protection of underground mining
Universal Citation: 4 VA Admin Code 25-130-816-79
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 9, December 16, 2024
No surface mining activities shall be conducted closer than 500 feet to any point of either an active or abandoned underground mine, except to the extent that-
(a) The activities result in improved resource recovery, abatement of water pollution, or elimination of hazards to the health and safety of the public; and
(b)
(1) The nature, timing, and sequence of the activities proposed to be conducted closer than 500 feet to an abandoned underground mine are approved by the division; and
(2) The nature, timing, and sequence of the activities proposed to be conducted closer than 500 feet to an active underground mine are jointly approved by the division, the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and the Virginia division of Mines.
Statutory Authority
§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-230 of the Code of Virginia.
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