West Virginia Code
Chapter 22. Environmental Resources
Article 4. Quarry Reclamation Act

§22-4-1. Short Title - This article shall be known and may be cited as...

§22-4-2. Legislative Findings - The Legislature finds that: The extraction of noncoal minerals by...

§22-4-3. Definitions - Unless the context in which it is used clearly requires...

§22-4-4. Director of the Division of Environmental Protection; Powers and Duties - The Director of the Division of Environmental Protection is vested...

§22-4-5. Quarry Permit Requirements - (a) It is unlawful for any person to engage in...

§22-4-6. Application Review, Public Notice and Comment, and Permit Approval - (a) The director shall, upon receipt of an application for...

§22-4-7. Denial of Quarry Permit - (a) The director may deny a permit application, modification or...

§22-4-8. Limitations; Mandamus - The Legislature finds that there are certain areas in the...

§22-4-9. Permit Renewals and Revisions - (a) Any valid permit issued pursuant to this article carries...

§22-4-10. Modification of Permits - (a) Prior to expanding or otherwise altering quarrying operations beyond...

§22-4-11. Transfer of Permits - (a) When the interest of a permittee of any quarry...

§22-4-12. Preblast Survey Requirements - (a) For all new permits issued after the effective date...

§22-4-13. Blasting Restrictions; Blasting Formula; Filing Preplan; Site Specific Blasting Requirements; Penalties; Notice - (a) Where blasting of overburden or mineral is necessary, the...

§22-4-14. Performance Standards - Each permit issued by the director pursuant to this article...

§22-4-15. Groundwater Protection - The Groundwater Protection Act provisions contained in subsection (b), section...

§22-4-16. Water Rights and Replacement; Waiver of Replacement - (a) Nothing in this article affects the rights of any...

§22-4-17. Quarrying and Reclamation Plan - (a) The application for a new permit shall include a...

§22-4-18. Land Reclamation Requirements - (a) Quarries shall meet the final design requirements for slopes...

§22-4-19. Time Period for Reclamation - (a) The operator shall commence the reclamation of the incremental...

§22-4-20. Fiscal Responsibility - (a) Each applicant must provide a certificate of insurance issued...

§22-4-21. Release of Bonds - On completion of the reclamation, and after the requirements of...

§22-4-22. Bond Pooling Fund - (a) Quarry operators who have operated for five years without...

§22-4-23. Quarry Reclamation Fund - (a) All funds received by the division from forfeiture of...

§22-4-24. Orders, Inspections and Enforcement; Permit Revocation, Damages, Civil and Criminal Penalties - (a) The director may at reasonable times without prior notice...

§22-4-25. Appeals to Board - Any person claiming to be aggrieved or adversely affected by...

§22-4-26. Required Fees, Quarry Inspection and Enforcement Fund - The permit application fee is $1,000. The fee for the...

§22-4-27. Exception for Certain Existing Quarries - (a) Quarries that are in operation on or before the...

§22-4-28. Persons Ineligible for a Permit - No public officer or employee in the division having any...

§22-4-29. Exemptions - (a) The provisions of this article do not apply to...