Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Agency 25 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Chapter 130 - COAL SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION REGULATIONS
Part 823 - Special Permanent Program Performance Standards-Operations on Prime Farmland
Section 4VAC25-130-823.11 - Applicability

Universal Citation: 4 VA Admin Code 25-130-823-11

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

The requirements of this Part shall not apply to:

(a) Surface facilities of underground mines that are actively used over extended periods of time and where such uses affect a minimal amount of land. Such uses shall meet the requirements of Part 817 for underground mining activities; or

(b) Disposal areas containing coal mine waste resulting from underground mines that is not technologically and economically feasible to store in underground mines or on non- prime farmland. The operator shall minimize the area of prime farmland used for such purposes.

(c) Prime farmland that has been excluded in accordance with 4VAC25-130-785.17(a).

Statutory Authority

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

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