Before undertaking any exploration activity on any tract of land, the person proposing the exploration activity shall prepare or have prepared and file with the Director, together with the application required by § 45.2-2110, an accurate map, on a scale stated thereon, showing the location of the proposed exploration activity; the courses and distances of such activity from two permanent points or landmarks on the tract; the approximate location areas in which test holes or core or stratigraphic holes may be drilled; the name of the owner; and boundaries and acreage of the tract on which the exploration activity is to take place.
1982, c. 269, § 45.1-275; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 45.2 - Mines, Minerals, and Energy
§ 45.2-2101. Nuclear energy; strategic plan
§ 45.2-2102. Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority established
§ 45.2-2103. Purposes; powers of Authority
§ 45.2-2104. Board of the Authority
§ 45.2-2105. Establishment of the Consortium
§ 45.2-2106. Moneys of Authority
§ 45.2-2107. Audits; external reviews
§ 45.2-2110. Permit for exploration activity required; fee
§ 45.2-2111. Maps or plats of proposed exploration activity area
§ 45.2-2112. Abandoning exploration hole; affidavits required
§ 45.2-2114. Developing an exploration hole as a water well
§ 45.2-2115. Right of inspection by Director
§ 45.2-2117. State and local authority