4VAC25-130-762.13. Land exempt from designation as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.
The requirements of this Part do not apply to:
(a) Lands on which surface coal mining operations were being conducted on August 3, 1977;
(b) Lands covered by a permit issued under the Act; or
(c) Lands where substantial legal and financial commitments in surface coal mining operations were in existence prior to January 4, 1977.
Statutory Authority
§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-230 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR480-03-19 § 762.13, eff. December 15, 1981; amended, eff. June 28, 1982, October 28, 1982, December 14, 1982, October 11, 1983, December 27, 1983, May 8, 1984, June 22, 1984, August 2, 1984, October 16, 1985, January 7, 1987, July 22, 1987, November 25, 1987, October 12, 1988, December 26, 1990, July 1, 1991, July 17, 1991, November 20, 1991, July 7, 1992, May 5, 1993, and October 19, 1994.