Section 520. Setback restrictions, conventional wells or Class II injection wells

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No permit shall be issued for any well to be drilled closer than 200 feet from any inhabited building unless site conditions as approved by the director warrant the permission of a lesser distance and there exists a lease or agreement between the operator and the owner of the inhabited building. A copy of the lease or agreement shall accompany the application for a permit.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR480-05-22.1 § 2.4, eff. September 25, 1991; amended, Volume 15, Issue 02, eff. November 11, 1998; Volume 29, Issue 03, eff. November 8, 2012; Volume 30, Issue 01, eff. October 10, 2013.

Statutory Authority

§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-361.27 of the Code of Virginia.

                    
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