Section 762.1. Scope and responsibility

Part 762. Criteria for Designating Areas as Unsuitable for Surface Coal Mining Operations

This Part establishes the minimum criteria to be used in determining whether lands should be designated as unsuitable for all or certain types of surface coal mining operations. The Director and the division shall use the criteria in this Part for the evaluation of each petition for the designation of areas as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR480-03-19 § 762.1, 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; October 19, 1994.

Statutory Authority

§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-230 of the Code of Virginia.