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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
Agency 25. Department of Energy
11/23/2024

Chapter 101.
Regulations Governing Vertical Ventilation Holes and Mining Near Gas and Oil Wells
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Section 10
Definitions
Section 20
Application for permits; maps or plats; notice
Section 30
Receipt of coal seam information; decision on casing
Section 40
Expiration of permit
Section 50
Venting methane; bleeder system
Section 60
Requirements for issuance of permit
Section 70
Filing of objections; scheduling of hearing
Section 80
Location of vertical ventilation hole
Section 90
Recordkeeping
Section 100
Review of action of chief
Section 110
Casing requirements for vertical ventilation holes
Section 120
Survey requirements
Section 130
Correction requirements
Section 140
Filing of report
Section 150
Mining within 500 feet of a vertical ventilation hole or gas well
Section 160
Mining within 200 feet of a vertical ventilation hole, gas well or pipeline
Section 170
Pillars of coal to be left unmined, and other protective measures
Section 180
Mining within 200 feet of a plugged vertical ventilation hole or gas well
Section 190
Mining seams impacted by vertical ventilation holes and coalbed methane wells intended to degas the seams being mined
Section 200
Plugging of vertical ventilation holes
Section 210
Identifying plugged holes; plugging affidavit
Section 220
Annual report; abandonment
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