The Director is authorized (i) to accept federal funds or gifts or grants from any source for the purposes of this article; (ii) to acquire by gift or purchase, but not by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, any orphaned lands whose acquisition he judges to be in the public interest; and (iii) to utilize any such funds, gifts, or grants for the purposes of this article.
1978, c. 634, § 45.1-197.7; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 45.2 - Mines, Minerals, and Energy
Chapter 12 - Permits for Certain Mining Operations; Reclamation of Land
§ 45.2-1201. Construction of chapter
§ 45.2-1202. Authority of Director; enforcement of chapter by injunction
§ 45.2-1203. Exemption for restricted mining
§ 45.2-1206. Operations plan; reclamation; policy of Director
§ 45.2-1207. Special Reclamation Fund
§ 45.2-1209. Review of operations plan and reclamation provision by Director; issuance of permit
§ 45.2-1210. Application for permit; adjoining landowners; local official
§ 45.2-1211. Succession of one operator by another at uncompleted project
§ 45.2-1213. Notice of noncompliance served on operator
§ 45.2-1214. Collection of debts
§ 45.2-1215. Commonwealth to have lien for reclamation work
§ 45.2-1216. Perfection of lien; waiver of lien
§ 45.2-1217. Recordation and indexing of lien; notice
§ 45.2-1219. Hearing to determine amount of lien
§ 45.2-1220. Satisfaction of lien
§ 45.2-1221. Additional bond to cover amended estimate of land to be disturbed
§ 45.2-1222. Interference with reclamation unlawful; other mining operations on land
§ 45.2-1223. Penalty for violation of chapter, etc.
§ 45.2-1224. Assistance of federal, state, and local agencies
§ 45.2-1225. Injunction prohibiting mining operation
§ 45.2-1226. Appeals from decisions of the Department
§ 45.2-1228. Orphaned Lands Reclamation Fund
§ 45.2-1229. Survey; priorities for reclamation
§ 45.2-1230. Agreements with owners or lessees; reclamation by Director
§ 45.2-1231. Contracts for reclamation
§ 45.2-1232. Acceptance of federal funds, gifts, etc.
§ 45.2-1234. Minerals Reclamation Fund
§ 45.2-1235. Membership in Fund; payments required
§ 45.2-1236. Release of bonds and other securities
§ 45.2-1237. Return of member payments
§ 45.2-1238. Revocation of permits; reclamation work
§ 45.2-1239. Collection of debt where cost of reclamation exceeds member's forfeited payments, etc.
§ 45.2-1240. Decreases in size of Fund
§ 45.2-1241. Order of return of payments
§ 45.2-1242. Discontinuance of Fund
§ 45.2-1243. Construction of article; Fund used solely for reclamation