Section 40. Applicability

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The environmental impact assessment requirements and criteria apply to all oil or gas well drilling operations, whether an exploratory well or a production well, proposed to occur in Tidewater Virginia. Any person proposing to drill an exploratory well or production well in Tidewater Virginia shall submit to the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, as part of his application for a permit to drill such a well, an environmental impact assessment.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR304-02-01 § 1.4, eff. November 3, 1993.

Statutory Authority

§§ 10.1-1188 et seq. and 62.1-195.1 of the Code of Virginia.

                    
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