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Code of Virginia
Title 45.1. Mines and Mining
Chapter 16. Permits for Certain Mining Operations; Reclamation of Land
6/26/2022

§ 45.1-197.3. (Repealed effective October 1, 2021) Definition.

For the purpose of this article, the term "orphaned lands" shall mean lands disturbed by surface mining of minerals other than coal operations which were not required by law to be reclaimed or which have not been reclaimed.

1978, c. 634.

The chapters of the acts of assembly referenced in the historical citation at the end of this section may not constitute a comprehensive list of such chapters and may exclude chapters whose provisions have expired.