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§ 45.2-1600. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 45.2-1601. Regulation of coal surface mining not affected by chapter - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting the...
§ 45.2-1602. Construction; purposes - The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed so...
§ 45.2-1603. Virginia Gas and Oil Board; membership; compensation - A. The Virginia Gas and Oil Board is established as...
§ 45.2-1604. Duties and responsibilities of the Director; Virginia Gas and Oil Inspector - A. The Director has the jurisdiction and authority necessary to...
§ 45.2-1605. Exclusivity of regulation and enforcement - No locality or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth shall...
§ 45.2-1606. Confidentiality - The Director shall hold confidential all logs, surveys, and reports...
§ 45.2-1607. Expenditure of funds - All funds, except civil penalties collected pursuant to § 45.2-1608,...
§ 45.2-1608. Violations; penalties - A. Any person who violates or refuses, fails, or neglects...
§ 45.2-1609. Appeals; venue; standing - A. Any order or decision of the Board may be...
§ 45.2-1610. Copy of lease to lessor - Any person who, as either principal or agent, executes a...
§ 45.2-1611. Objections by coal owner - A. In deciding on objections by a coal owner to...
§ 45.2-1612. Distance limitations of certain wells - A. If the well operator and the objecting coal owners...
§ 45.2-1613. Meetings of the Board; notice; general powers and duties - A. The Board shall schedule a monthly meeting at a...
§ 45.2-1614. Additional duties and responsibilities of the Board - A. In executing its duties under this chapter, the Board...
§ 45.2-1615. Applicability and construction - A. The provisions of this article apply to all lands...
§ 45.2-1616. Statewide spacing of wells - A. Unless prior approval has been received from the Board...
§ 45.2-1617. Voluntary pooling of interests in drilling units; validity of unit agreements - A. If two or more separately owned tracts are embraced...
§ 45.2-1618. Notice of hearing; standing; form of hearing - A. Any person who applies for a hearing in front...
§ 45.2-1619. Field rules and drilling units for wells; hearings and orders - A. In order to prevent the waste of gas or...
§ 45.2-1620. Pooling of interests in drilling units - A. The Board, upon application from any gas or oil...
§ 45.2-1621. Coalbed methane gas; ownership - No conveyance, reservation, or exception of coal shall be deemed...
§ 45.2-1622. Pooling of interests for coalbed methane gas wells; conflicting claims to ownership - A. If there are conflicting claims to the ownership of...
§ 45.2-1623. Conflicting claims of ownership; arbitration - A. The Board shall enter an order requiring that the...
§ 45.2-1624. Release of funds held in escrow or suspense because of conflicting claims to coalbed methane gas - A. For a coalbed methane gas well that was force-pooled...
§ 45.2-1625. Appeals of the Director's decisions; notices; hearings and orders - A. With the exception of an aggrieved permit applicant, no...
§ 45.2-1626. Enforcement - The Director shall enforce the provisions of this article pursuant...
§ 45.2-1627. Standing when Director or Board fails to act - If the Director or Board fails to take enforcement action...
§ 45.2-1628. Recording of orders - The Inspector shall cause a true copy of any order...
§ 45.2-1629. Duties, responsibilities, and authority of the Director - A. The Director shall adopt and enforce regulations and orders...
§ 45.2-1630. Powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Inspector - A. The Inspector shall administer the laws and regulations and...
§ 45.2-1631. Permit required; gas, oil, or geophysical operations; coalbed methane gas wells; environmental assessment - A. No person shall commence any ground-disturbing activity for a...
§ 45.2-1632. Notice of permit applications and permit modification applications required; content - A. Within one day of the day on which the...
§ 45.2-1633. Bonding and financial security required - A. To ensure compliance with all laws and regulations pertaining...
§ 45.2-1634. Gas and Oil Plugging and Restoration Fund - A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a...
§ 45.2-1635. Expiration of permits - Each permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire 24...
§ 45.2-1636. Abandonment or cessation of well or corehole operation; plugging required - Upon the abandonment or cessation of the operation of any...
§ 45.2-1637. Objections to permits; hearing - A. Objections to a new permit or permit modification may...
§ 45.2-1638. Appeals of Director's decisions to the Board - A. Any person with standing under the provisions of §...
§ 45.2-1639. Persons required to register; designated agents - A. Any person who owns a well, drills a well,...
§ 45.2-1640. Report of permitted activities and production required; contents - A. Each holder of a permit for a gas or...
§ 45.2-1641. Developing a gas or oil well as a water well - If any well drilled for gas or oil does not...
§ 45.2-1642. Orphaned Well Fund; orphaned wells - A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a...
§ 45.2-1643. Interference by injection wells with groundwater supply - A. For purposes of this section: "Beneficial use" means the...
§ 45.2-1644. Safety in coalbed methane gas, oil, and geophysical operations - The Director shall inspect permitted coalbed methane well and related...
§ 45.2-1645. Chesapeake Bay; drilling for gas or oil prohibited - Notwithstanding any other law, no person shall drill for gas...
§ 45.2-1646. Tidewater Virginia; drilling for gas or oil prohibited in certain areas - A. In Tidewater Virginia, as defined in § 62.1-44.15:68, no...
§ 45.2-1647. Hydraulic fracturing; groundwater management area - No person shall conduct any hydraulic fracturing in any well...
§ 45.2-1648. Operator's right to sample water - An operator may enter upon surface land at reasonable times...
§ 45.2-1649. Replacement of water supply - If any water supply of a surface owner who obtains...