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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
Agency 25. Department of Energy
Chapter 150. Virginia Gas and Oil Regulation
12/21/2024

4VAC25-150-470. Release of bond.

A. Application for bond release.

A permittee desiring to have a bond released by the director shall apply in writing identifying the operation, and documenting that the well or disturbed land meets the requirements for partial or full bond release. A bond may be reduced or released by the director only in writing.

B. Partial bond release.

The portion of a permittee's bond covering disturbed land may be released as follows:

1. A permittee with an individual bond under § 45.2-1633 of the Code of Virginia shall be eligible for release of the portion of the bond covering disturbed land after the land has been successfully reclaimed to the standards of 4VAC25-150-260 of this chapter.

2. A permittee with a blanket bond under § 45.2-1633 of the Code of Virginia shall be eligible for release of 75% of the portion of the bond calculated on acreage of disturbed land after the land has been successfully reclaimed to the standards of 4VAC25-150-260 of this chapter.

C. Full bond release.

A permittee's bond or coverage of a well and land under a blanket bond is eligible for full release when:

1. A well has been plugged, the plugging affidavit has been submitted to the director and the land under the bond has been successfully reclaimed to the standards of 4VAC25-150-260 of this chapter;

2. The well is abandoned as a water well in accordance with 4VAC25-150-440 of this chapter and the land under the bond has been successfully reclaimed to the standards of 4VAC25-150-260 of this chapter;

3. The well is abandoned as a vertical ventilation hole in accordance with 4VAC25-150-650 of this chapter and the land under the bond is permitted by the department's Division of Mined Land Repurposing or has been successfully reclaimed to the standards of 4VAC25-150-260 of this chapter; or

4. Other bond has been accepted by the director.

Statutory Authority

§ 45.2-103 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR480-05-22.1 § 1.47, eff. September 25, 1991; amended, Virginia Register Volume 38, Issue 13, eff. March 31, 2022.

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