Section 764.21. Data base and inventory system requirements

(a) The Department shall develop and maintain a data base and inventory system which will permit evaluation of whether reclamation is feasible in areas covered by petitions.

(b) The Department shall include in the system information relevant to the criteria in 4VAC25-130-762.11, including, but not limited to, information received from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Department of Environmental Quality which administers Section 127 of the Clean Air Act, as amended (42 USC § 7420 et seq.).

(c) The Department shall add to the data base and inventory system information:

(1) On potential coal resources of the Commonwealth, demand for those resources, the environment, the economy and the supply of coal, sufficient to enable the Director to prepare the statements required by 4VAC25-130-764.17(e); and

(2) That becomes available from petitions, publications, experiments, permit applications, mining and reclamation operations, and other sources.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR480-03-19 § 764.21, 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.