Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Title 4. Conservation and Natural Resources |
Agency 25. Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy |
Chapter 101. Regulations Governing Vertical Ventilation Holes and Mining Near Gas and Oilwells |
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 |
Appendix 9998. FORMS (4VAC25-101) |