Chapter 130. Coal Surface Mining Reclamation RegulationsRead Chapter 
-  Part 700.Read allGeneral
 - Section 700.1
 - Scope
 - Section 700.2
 - Authority and citation to federal law
 - Section 700.3
 - Effective date
 - Section 700.5
 - Definitions
 - Section 700.11
 - Applicability
 - Section 700.12
 - Petitions to initiate rule making
 - Section 700.14
 - Availability of records
 - Section 700.15
 - Computation of time
 
-  Part 701.Read allPermanent Regulatory Program Applicability
 - Section 701.11
 - Applicability
 
-  Part 702.Read allExemption for Coal Extraction Incidental to the Extraction of Other Minerals
 - Section 702.5
 - Definitions
 - Section 702.11
 - Application requirements and procedures
 - Section 702.12
 - Contents of application for exemption
 - Section 702.13
 - Public availability of information
 - Section 702.14
 - Requirements for exemption
 - Section 702.15
 - Conditions of exemption and right of inspection and entry
 - Section 702.16
 - Stockpiling of minerals
 - Section 702.17
 - Revocation and enforcement
 - Section 702.18
 - Reporting requirements
 
-  Part 705.Read allRestrictions on Financial Interests of State Employees
 - Section 705.4
 - Responsibility
 - Section 705.11
 - Who shall file
 - Section 705.13
 - When to file
 - Section 705.15
 - Where to file
 - Section 705.17
 - What to report
 - Section 705.19
 - Resolving prohibited interests
 - Section 705.21
 - Appeals procedures
 - Section 705.22
 - Penalties for failure to file disclosure statements
 - Section 705.23
 - Other state and local government agencies
 - Section 705.24
 - Confidentiality and access to disclosure statements
 - Section 705.25
 - Gifts and gratuities
 
-  Part 707.Read allExemption for Coal Extraction Incident to Government-Financed Highway Or Other Construction
 - Section 707.11
 - Applicability
 - Section 707.12
 - Information to be maintained on site
 
-  Part 740.Read allGeneral Requirements for Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations on Federal Lands
 - Section 740.1
 - Scope and purpose
 - Section 740.4
 - Responsibilities
 - Section 740.11
 - Applicability
 - Section 740.13
 - Permits
 - Section 740.15
 - Bonds on federal lands
 - Section 740.17
 - Inspection, enforcement and civil penalties
 - Section 740.19
 - Performance standards
 
-  Part 761.Read allAreas Designated by Act of Congress
 - Section 761.1
 - Scope
 - Section 761.3
 - Authority
 - Section 761.11
 - Areas where mining is prohibited or limited
 - Section 761.12
 - Procedures
 - Section 761.13
 - Exception for existing operations
 - Section 761.16
 - Submission and processing of requests for valid existing rights determinations
 
-  Part 762.Read allCriteria for Designating Areas as Unsuitable for Surface Coal Mining Operations
 - Section 762.1
 - Scope and responsibility
 - Section 762.11
 - Criteria for designating lands as unsuitable
 - Section 762.13
 - Land exempt from designation as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations
 - Section 762.14
 - Exploration on land designated as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations
 
-  Part 764.Read allProcedures for Designating Areas Unsuitable for Surface Coal Mining Operations
 - Section 764.11
 - General process requirements
 - Section 764.13
 - Petitions
 - Section 764.15
 - Initial processing, recordkeeping, and notification requirements
 - Section 764.17
 - Hearing requirements
 - Section 764.19
 - Decision
 - Section 764.21
 - Data base and inventory system requirements
 - Section 764.23
 - Public information
 - Section 764.25
 - Responsibility for implementation
 
-  Part 772.Read allRequirements for Coal Exploration
 - Section 772.1
 - Scope and purpose
 - Section 772.11
 - Notice requirements for exploration removing 250 tons of coal or less
 - Section 772.12
 - Permit requirements for exploration removing more than 250 tons of coal, or occurring on lands designated as unsuitable for surface coal mining ...
 - Section 772.13
 - Coal exploration compliance duties
 - Section 772.14
 - Commercial use or sale
 - Section 772.15
 - Public availability of information
 
-  Part 773.Read allRequirements for Permits and Permit Processing
 - Section 773.1
 - Scope and purpose
 - Section 773.11
 - Requirements to obtain permits
 - Section 773.12
 - Regulatory coordination with other agencies
 - Section 773.13
 - Public participation in permit processing
 - Section 773.15
 - Review of permit applications
 - Section 773.16
 - Criteria for permit approval or denial; existing structures
 - Section 773.17
 - Permit conditions
 - Section 773.19
 - Permit issuance and right of renewal
 - Section 773.20
 - Improvidently issued permits; general procedures
 - Section 773.21
 - Improvidently issued permits; rescission procedures
 
-  Part 774.Read allReview; Revision; Renewal; and Transfer, Assignment, or Sale of Permit Rights
 - Section 774.1
 - Scope and purpose
 - Section 774.11
 - Division review of permits
 - Section 774.12
 - Post-permit issuance requirements
 - Section 774.13
 - Permit revisions
 - Section 774.15
 - Permit renewals
 - Section 774.17
 - Transfer, assignment, or sale of permit rights
 
-  Part 775.Read allAdministrative and Judicial Review of Decisions
 - Section 775.11
 - Administrative review
 - Section 775.13
 - Judicial review
 
-  Part 777.Read allGeneral Content Requirements for Permit Applications
 - Section 777.1
 - Scope
 - Section 777.11
 - Format and contents
 - Section 777.12
 - Preapplication conference
 - Section 777.13
 - Reporting of technical data
 - Section 777.14
 - Maps and plans; general requirements
 - Section 777.15
 - Completeness
 - Section 777.17
 - Permit fees
 
-  Part 778.Read allPermit Applications-Minimum Requirements for Legal, Financial, Compliance, and Related Information
 - Section 778.1
 - Scope and purpose
 - Section 778.13
 - Identification of interests
 - Section 778.14
 - Violation information
 - Section 778.15
 - Right-of-entry information
 - Section 778.16
 - Status of unsuitability claims
 - Section 778.17
 - Permit term
 - Section 778.18
 - Insurance
 - Section 778.21
 - Proof of publication
 - Section 778.22
 - Facilities or structures used in common
 
-  Part 779.Read allSurface Mining Permit Applications-Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources
 - Section 779.4
 - Responsibilities
 - Section 779.11
 - General requirements
 - Section 779.12
 - General environmental resources information
 - Section 779.18
 - Climatological information
 - Section 779.19
 - Vegetation information
 - Section 779.21
 - Soil resources information
 - Section 779.22
 - [Repealed]
 - Section 779.24
 - Maps; general requirements
 - Section 779.25
 - Cross sections, maps and plans
 
-  Part 780.Read allSurface Mining Permit Applications—Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plan
 - Section 780.4
 - Responsibilities
 - Section 780.11
 - Operation plan; general requirements
 - Section 780.12
 - Operation plan; existing structures
 - Section 780.13
 - Operation plan; blasting
 - Section 780.14
 - Operation plan; maps and plans
 - Section 780.16
 - Fish and wildlife information
 - Section 780.18
 - Reclamation plan; general requirements
 - Section 780.21
 - Hydrologic information
 - Section 780.22
 - Geologic information
 - Section 780.23
 - Reclamation plan; land use information
 - Section 780.25
 - Reclamation plan; siltation structures, impoundments, banks, dams, and embankments
 - Section 780.27
 - Reclamation plan; surface mining near underground mining
 - Section 780.29
 - Diversions
 - Section 780.31
 - Protection of public parks and historic places
 - Section 780.33
 - Relocation or use of public roads
 - Section 780.35
 - Disposal of excess spoil
 - Section 780.37
 - Road systems
 - Section 780.38
 - Support facilities
 
-  Part 783.Read allUnderground Mining Permit Applications—Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources
 - Section 783.4
 - Responsibilities
 - Section 783.11
 - General requirements
 - Section 783.12
 - General environmental resources information
 - Section 783.18
 - Climatological information
 - Section 783.19
 - Vegetation information
 - Section 783.21
 - Soil resources information
 - Section 783.22
 - Land-use information
 - Section 783.24
 - Maps; general requirements
 - Section 783.25
 - Cross sections, maps and plans
 
-  Part 784.Read allUnderground Mining Permit Applications—Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plan
 - Section 784.4
 - Responsibilities
 - Section 784.11
 - Operation plan; general requirements
 - Section 784.12
 - Operation plan; existing structures
 - Section 784.13
 - Reclamation plan; general requirements
 - Section 784.14
 - Hydrologic information
 - Section 784.15
 - Reclamation plan; land use information
 - Section 784.16
 - Reclamation plan; siltation structures, impoundments, banks, dams, and embankments
 - Section 784.17
 - Protection of public parks and historic places
 - Section 784.18
 - Relocation or use of public roads
 - Section 784.19
 - Underground development waste
 - Section 784.20
 - Subsidence control plan
 - Section 784.21
 - Fish and wildlife information
 - Section 784.22
 - Geologic information
 - Section 784.23
 - Operation plan; maps and plans
 - Section 784.24
 - Road systems
 - Section 784.25
 - Return of coal processing waste to abandoned underground workings
 - Section 784.29
 - Diversions
 - Section 784.30
 - Support facilities
 
-  Part 785.Read allRequirements for Permits for Special Categories of Mining
 - Section 785.1
 - Scope
 - Section 785.13
 - Experimental practices mining
 - Section 785.14
 - Mountaintop removal mining
 - Section 785.15
 - Steep slope mining
 - Section 785.16
 - Permits incorporating variances from approximate original contour restoration requirements for steep slope mining
 - Section 785.17
 - Prime farmland
 - Section 785.18
 - Variances for delay in contemporaneous reclamation requirement in combined surface and underground mining activities
 - Section 785.19
 - Remining areas with pollution discharges
 - Section 785.20
 - Augering
 - Section 785.21
 - Coal preparation plants not located within the permit area of a mine
 - Section 785.22
 - In situ processing activities
 - Section 785.25
 - Lands eligible for remining
 
-  Part 789.Read allProcedures Applicable to Administrative Hearing
 - Section 789.1
 - Petition for award of costs and expenses under § 45.2-1025 of the Act
 - Section 789.2
 - Intervention
 
-  Part 790.Read allInitiation of Citizen Suits
 - Section 790.1
 - Purpose
 - Section 790.11
 - Service of notice
 - Section 790.12
 - Contents of notice
 
-  Part 795.Read allSmall Operator Assistance Program
 - Section 795.1
 - Scope and purpose
 - Section 795.6
 - Eligibility for assistance
 - Section 795.7
 - Filing for assistance
 - Section 795.8
 - Application approval and notice
 - Section 795.9
 - Program services and data requirements
 - Section 795.10
 - Qualified laboratories
 - Section 795.11
 - Assistance funding
 - Section 795.12
 - Applicant liability
 
-  Part 800.Read allRequirements for Bonding of Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations
 - Section 800.11
 - Requirement to file a bond
 - Section 800.12
 - Form of the performance bond
 - Section 800.13
 - Period of liability
 - Section 800.14
 - Determination of bond amount
 - Section 800.15
 - Adjustment of amount
 - Section 800.16
 - General terms and conditions of bond
 - Section 800.17
 - Bonding requirements for underground coal mines and long-term coal-related surface facilities and structures
 - Section 800.20
 - Surety bonds
 - Section 800.21
 - Collateral bonds
 - Section 800.23
 - Escrow bonding
 - Section 800.24
 - Combined surety/escrow bonding
 - Section 800.30
 - Replacement of bonds
 - Section 800.40
 - Requirements to release performance bonds
 - Section 800.50
 - Forfeiture of bonds
 - Section 800.51
 - Administrative review of performance bond forfeiture
 - Section 800.52
 - Bond forfeiture reinstatement procedures
 - Section 800.60
 - Terms and conditions for liability insurance
 
-  Part 801.Read allCoal Surface Mining Reclamation Fund, Penalties, and Self-Bonding
 - Section 801.2
 - Scope
 - Section 801.4
 - Objective
 - Section 801.11
 - Participation in the pool bond fund
 - Section 801.12
 - Entrance fee and bond
 - Section 801.13
 - Self-bonding
 - Section 801.14
 - Reclamation tax
 - Section 801.15
 - Collection of the reclamation tax and penalties for non-payment
 - Section 801.16
 - Reinstatement to the pool bond fund
 - Section 801.17
 - Bond release application
 - Section 801.18
 - Criteria for release of bond
 - Section 801.19
 - Forfeiture
 
-  Part 815.Read allPermanent Program Performance Standards—Coal Exploration
 - Section 815.1
 - Scope and purpose
 - Section 815.2
 - Permitting information
 - Section 815.13
 - Required documents
 - Section 815.15
 - Performance standards for coal exploration
 
-  Part 816.Read allPermanent Program Performance Standards—Surface Mining Activities
 - Section 816.11
 - Signs and markers
 - Section 816.13
 - Casing and sealing of drilled holes; general requirements
 - Section 816.14
 - Casing and sealing of drilled holes; temporary
 - Section 816.15
 - Casing and sealing of drilled holes; permanent
 - Section 816.22
 - Topsoil and subsoil
 - Section 816.41
 - Hydrologic-balance protection
 - Section 816.42
 - Hydrologic balance; water quality standards and effluent limitations
 - Section 816.43
 - Diversions
 - Section 816.45
 - Hydrologic balance; sediment control measures
 - Section 816.46
 - Hydrologic balance; siltation structures
 - Section 816.47
 - Hydrologic balance; discharge structures
 - Section 816.49
 - Impoundments
 - Section 816.56
 - Postmining rehabilitation of sedimentation ponds, diversions, impoundments, and treatment facilities
 - Section 816.57
 - Hydrologic balance; stream buffer zones
 - Section 816.59
 - Coal recovery
 - Section 816.61
 - Use of explosives; general requirements
 - Section 816.62
 - Use of explosives; preblasting survey
 - Section 816.64
 - Use of explosives; blasting schedule
 - Section 816.66
 - Use of explosives; blasting signs, warnings, and access control
 - Section 816.67
 - Use of explosives; control of adverse effects
 - Section 816.68
 - Use of explosives; records of blasting operations
 - Section 816.71
 - Disposal of excess spoil; general requirements
 - Section 816.72
 - Disposal of excess spoil; valley fills/head-of-hollow fills
 - Section 816.73
 - Disposal of excess spoil; durable rock fills
 - Section 816.74
 - Disposal of excess spoil; preexisting benches
 - Section 816.75
 - Disposal of excess spoil; zoned concept
 - Section 816.76
 - Disposal of excess spoil; incidental reclamation
 - Section 816.79
 - Protection of underground mining
 - Section 816.81
 - Coal mine waste; general requirements
 - Section 816.83
 - Coal mine waste; refuse piles
 - Section 816.84
 - Coal mine waste; impounding structures
 - Section 816.87
 - Coal mine waste; burning and burned waste utilization
 - Section 816.89
 - Disposal of noncoal mine wastes
 - Section 816.95
 - Stabilization of surface areas
 - Section 816.97
 - Protection of fish, wildlife, and related environmental values
 - Section 816.99
 - Slides and other damage
 - Section 816.100
 - Contemporaneous reclamation
 - Section 816.102
 - Backfilling and grading; general requirements
 - Section 816.104
 - Backfilling and grading; thin overburden
 - Section 816.105
 - Backfilling and grading; thick overburden
 - Section 816.106
 - Backfilling and grading; previously mined areas
 - Section 816.107
 - Backfilling and grading; steep slopes
 - Section 816.111
 - Revegetation; general requirements
 - Section 816.113
 - Revegetation; timing
 - Section 816.114
 - Revegetation; mulching and other soil stabilizing practices
 - Section 816.116
 - Revegetation; standards for success
 - Section 816.131
 - Cessation of operations; temporary
 - Section 816.132
 - Cessation of operations; permanent
 - Section 816.133
 - Postmining land use
 - Section 816.150
 - Roads; general
 - Section 816.151
 - Primary roads
 - Section 816.152
 - Existing roads
 - Section 816.180
 - Utility installations
 - Section 816.181
 - Support facilities
 
-  Part 817.Read allPermanent Program Performance Standards—Underground Mining Activities
 - Section 817.11
 - Signs and markers
 - Section 817.13
 - Casing and sealing of exposed underground openings; general requirements
 - Section 817.14
 - Casing and sealing of underground openings; temporary
 - Section 817.15
 - Casing and sealing of underground openings; permanent
 - Section 817.22
 - Topsoil and subsoil
 - Section 817.41
 - Hydrologic-balance protection
 - Section 817.42
 - Hydrologic balance; water quality standards and effluent limitations
 - Section 817.43
 - Diversions
 - Section 817.45
 - Hydrologic balance; sediment control measures
 - Section 817.46
 - Hydrologic balance; siltation structures
 - Section 817.47
 - Hydrologic balance; discharge structures
 - Section 817.49
 - Impoundments
 - Section 817.56
 - Postmining rehabilitation of sedimentation ponds, diversions, impoundments, and treatment facilities
 - Section 817.57
 - Hydrologic balance; stream buffer zones
 - Section 817.59
 - Coal recovery
 - Section 817.61
 - Use of explosives; general requirements
 - Section 817.62
 - Use of explosives; preblasting survey
 - Section 817.64
 - Use of explosives; general performance standards
 - Section 817.66
 - Use of explosives; blasting signs, warnings, and access control
 - Section 817.67
 - Use of explosives; control of adverse effects
 - Section 817.68
 - Use of explosives; records of blasting operations
 - Section 817.71
 - Disposal of excess spoil; general requirements
 - Section 817.72
 - Disposal of excess spoil; valley fills/head-of-hollow fills
 - Section 817.73
 - Disposal of excess spoil; durable rock fills
 - Section 817.74
 - Disposal of excess spoil; preexisting benches
 - Section 817.75
 - Disposal of excess spoil; zoned concept
 - Section 817.76
 - Disposal of excess spoil; incidental reclamation
 - Section 817.81
 - Coal mine waste; general requirements
 - Section 817.83
 - Coal mine waste; refuse piles
 - Section 817.84
 - Coal mine waste; impounding structures
 - Section 817.87
 - Coal mine waste; burning and burned waste utilization
 - Section 817.89
 - Disposal of noncoal mine wastes
 - Section 817.95
 - Stabilization of surface areas
 - Section 817.97
 - Protection of fish, wildlife, and related environmental values
 - Section 817.99
 - Slides and other damage
 - Section 817.100
 - Contemporaneous reclamation
 - Section 817.102
 - Backfilling and grading; general requirements
 - Section 817.106
 - Backfilling and grading; previously mined areas
 - Section 817.107
 - Backfilling and grading; steep slopes
 - Section 817.111
 - Revegetation; general requirements
 - Section 817.113
 - Revegetation; timing
 - Section 817.114
 - Revegetation; mulching and other soil stabilizing practices
 - Section 817.116
 - Revegetation; standards for success
 - Section 817.121
 - Subsidence control
 - Section 817.122
 - Subsidence control; notice
 - Section 817.131
 - Cessation of operations; temporary
 - Section 817.132
 - Cessation of operations; permanent
 - Section 817.133
 - Postmining land use
 - Section 817.150
 - Roads; general
 - Section 817.151
 - Primary roads
 - Section 817.152
 - Existing roads
 - Section 817.180
 - Utility installations
 - Section 817.181
 - Support facilities
 
-  Part 819.Read allSpecial Permanent Program Performance Standards—Auger Mining
 - Section 819.1
 - Scope
 - Section 819.11
 - Auger mining; general
 - Section 819.13
 - Auger mining; coal recovery
 - Section 819.15
 - Auger mining; hydrologic balance
 - Section 819.17
 - Auger mining; subsidence protection
 - Section 819.19
 - Auger mining; backfilling and grading
 - Section 819.21
 - Auger mining; protection of underground mining
 
-  Part 823.Read allSpecial Permanent Program Performance Standards—Operations on Prime Farmland
 - Section 823.1
 - Scope and purpose
 - Section 823.4
 - Responsibilities
 - Section 823.11
 - Applicability
 - Section 823.12
 - Soil removal and stockpiling
 - Section 823.14
 - Soil replacement
 - Section 823.15
 - Revegetation and restoration of soil productivity
 
-  Part 824.Read allSpecial Permanent Program Performance Standards—Mountaintop Removal
 - Section 824.2
 - Objectives
 - Section 824.11
 - Mountaintop removal; performance standards
 
-  Part 825.Read allSpecial Permanent Program Performance Standards—Remining Areas with Pollutional Discharges
 - Section 825.11
 - Operational requirements
 - Section 825.12
 - Treatment of discharges
 - Section 825.13
 - Request for bond release
 - Section 825.14
 - Criteria and schedule for release of bonds on pollution abatement areas
 
-  Part 827.Read allPermanent Program Performance Standards—Coal Preparation Plants Not Located Within the Permit Area of a Mine
 - Section 827.1
 - Scope
 - Section 827.11
 - General requirements
 - Section 827.12
 - Coal preparation plants; performance standards
 
-  Part 828.Read allSpecial Permanent Program Performance Standards—In Situ Processing
 - Section 828.2
 - Objectives
 - Section 828.11
 - In situ processing; performance standards
 - Section 828.12
 - In situ processing; monitoring
 
-  Part 840.Read allInspection and Enforcement—General
 - Section 840.11
 - Inspections by the division
 - Section 840.12
 - Right of entry
 - Section 840.14
 - Availability of records
 - Section 840.16
 - Compliance conference
 
-  Part 842.Read allInspections
 - Section 842.11
 - Immediate inspections
 - Section 842.12
 - Citizens' requests for inspections
 - Section 842.14
 - Review of adequacy and completeness of inspections
 - Section 842.15
 - Review of decision not to inspect or enforce
 
-  Part 843.Read allEnforcement Procedures
 - Section 843.11
 - Cessation orders
 - Section 843.12
 - Notices of violation
 - Section 843.13
 - Suspension or revocation of permits; pattern of violations
 - Section 843.14
 - Service of notices of violation, cessation orders, and show cause orders
 - Section 843.15
 - Informal public hearing
 - Section 843.16
 - Formal review of citations
 - Section 843.18
 - Inability to comply
 
-  Part 845.Read allCivil Penalties
 - Section 845.2
 - Objective
 - Section 845.11
 - Assessment determination
 - Section 845.12
 - When a penalty will be assessed
 - Section 845.13
 - Point system
 - Section 845.15
 - Assessment of separate violations for each day
 - Section 845.16
 - Waiver of use of formula to determine civil penalty
 - Section 845.17
 - Procedures for assessment of civil penalties
 - Section 845.18
 - Procedures for assessment conference
 - Section 845.19
 - Request for hearing
 - Section 845.20
 - Final assessment and payment of penalty
 
-  Part 846.Read allIndividual Civil Penalties
 - Section 846.2
 - [Repealed]
 - Section 846.12
 - When an individual civil penalty may be assessed
 - Section 846.14
 - Amount of the individual civil penalty
 - Section 846.17
 - Assessment of an individual civil penalty
 - Section 846.18
 - Penalty payment
 
-  Part 850.Read allTraining, Examination, and Certification of Blasters
 - Section 850.1
 - Scope
 - Section 850.5
 - Definition
 - Section 850.12
 - Effective date
 - Section 850.13
 - Training
 - Section 850.14
 - Examination
 - Section 850.15
 - Certification
 
-  Part 874.Read allGeneral Reclamation Requirements
 - Section 874.12
 - Eligible coal lands and water
 - Section 874.13
 - Reclamation objectives and priorities
 
-  Part 877.Read allRights of Entry
 - Section 877.11
 - Written consent for entry
 - Section 877.13
 - Entry and consent to reclaim
 - Section 877.14
 - Entry for emergency reclamation
 
-  Part 879.Read allAcquisition, Management, and Disposition of Lands and Water
 - Section 879.11
 - Land eligible for acquisition
 - Section 879.12
 - Procedures for acquisition
 - Section 879.13
 - Acceptance of gifts of land
 - Section 879.14
 - Management of acquired land
 - Section 879.15
 - Disposition of reclaimed land
 
-  Part 882.Read allReclamation on Private Land
 - Section 882.12
 - Appraisals
 - Section 882.13
 - Liens
 - Section 882.14
 - Satisfaction of liens