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§ 45.2-1200. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 45.2-1201. Construction of chapter - Nothing in this chapter is intended, nor shall anything in...
§ 45.2-1202. Authority of Director; enforcement of chapter by injunction - A. The Director may adopt regulations to effectuate the provisions...
§ 45.2-1203. Exemption for restricted mining - Any operator engaged in mining who disturbs less than one...
§ 45.2-1204. Permit Fee Fund - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...
§ 45.2-1205. Permit required; fee; renewal fee; application; furnishing copy of map, etc., to landowner; approval by Department - A. It is unlawful for any operator to engage in...
§ 45.2-1206. Operations plan; reclamation; policy of Director - A. Each application for a permit shall be accompanied by...
§ 45.2-1207. Special Reclamation Fund - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...
§ 45.2-1208. Bond of operator - Each operator at the time of filing his application shall...
§ 45.2-1209. Review of operations plan and reclamation provision by Director; issuance of permit - A. Upon receipt of an operations plan acceptable to the...
§ 45.2-1210. Application for permit; adjoining landowners; local official - A. Each application for a permit shall be accompanied by...
§ 45.2-1211. Succession of one operator by another at uncompleted project - If one operator succeeds another at any uncompleted operation, whether...
§ 45.2-1212. Additional bond to be posted annually; release of previous bond; report of reclamation work - A. Within 10 days following the anniversary date of any...
§ 45.2-1213. Notice of noncompliance served on operator - A. The Director may cause a notice of noncompliance to...
§ 45.2-1214. Collection of debts - The amount by which the cost of reclamation exceeds the...
§ 45.2-1215. Commonwealth to have lien for reclamation work - The Commonwealth shall have a lien, if perfected as provided...
§ 45.2-1216. Perfection of lien; waiver of lien - A. Except as provided in subsection B, the Director shall...
§ 45.2-1217. Recordation and indexing of lien; notice - It is the duty of the clerk in whose office...
§ 45.2-1218. Priority of lien - Any lien acquired under this article shall have priority as...
§ 45.2-1219. Hearing to determine amount of lien - Any party having an interest in the real property against...
§ 45.2-1220. Satisfaction of lien - Any lien acquired under this article shall be satisfied to...
§ 45.2-1221. Additional bond to cover amended estimate of land to be disturbed - If, during any operation, it is found that the operator's...
§ 45.2-1222. Interference with reclamation unlawful; other mining operations on land - It is unlawful for any owner of surface rights or...
§ 45.2-1223. Penalty for violation of chapter, etc. - Any violation of any provision of this chapter or of...
§ 45.2-1224. Assistance of federal, state, and local agencies - In approving plans of operation and in issuing rules and...
§ 45.2-1225. Injunction prohibiting mining operation - Whenever adverse ecological disruptions or the injurious effects thereof seriously...
§ 45.2-1226. Appeals from decisions of the Department - An appeal from any order of the Department shall be...
§ 45.2-1227. Local standards and regulations; waiver of application of chapter; review for strict compliance with chapter - A. Any locality may establish standards and adopt regulations dealing...
§ 45.2-1228. Orphaned Lands Reclamation Fund - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...
§ 45.2-1229. Survey; priorities for reclamation - The Director shall conduct a survey to determine the extent...
§ 45.2-1230. Agreements with owners or lessees; reclamation by Director - The Director is authorized to enter into agreements with owners...
§ 45.2-1231. Contracts for reclamation - The Director is authorized to contract with any state agency,...
§ 45.2-1232. Acceptance of federal funds, gifts, etc. - The Director is authorized (i) to accept federal funds or...
§ 45.2-1233. Definition - For purposes of this article, "Fund" means the Minerals Reclamation...
§ 45.2-1234. Minerals Reclamation Fund - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...
§ 45.2-1235. Membership in Fund; payments required - Each operator who has had five years of satisfactory operation...
§ 45.2-1236. Release of bonds and other securities - All bonds and other securities issued by an operator pursuant...
§ 45.2-1237. Return of member payments - Subject to the provisions of § 45.2-1240, the Director shall...
§ 45.2-1238. Revocation of permits; reclamation work - If a permit issued to a member is revoked pursuant...
§ 45.2-1239. Collection of debt where cost of reclamation exceeds member's forfeited payments, etc. - The amount by which the cost of reclamation exceeds the...
§ 45.2-1240. Decreases in size of Fund - Whenever the size of the Fund decreases to less than...
§ 45.2-1241. Order of return of payments - The return of payments to members shall be made in...
§ 45.2-1242. Discontinuance of Fund - If the Fund is discontinued, any amounts remaining in the...
§ 45.2-1243. Construction of article; Fund used solely for reclamation - Nothing in this article shall be construed as vesting in...