4 Va. Admin. Code § 25-130-740.19

Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 8, December 2, 2024

Section 4VAC25-130-740.19 - Performance standards

(a) Operations and reclamation.

(1) Surface coal mining and reclamation operations on lands subject to this Part shall be conducted in accordance with Subchapter VK.

(2) Surface coal mining and reclamation operations on lands containing leased Federal coal shall also be conducted in accordance with the requirements of the terms, conditions and stipulations of the lease issued under the Mineral Leasing Act and its implementing regulations in 43 CFR 3480 - 3487, as applicable, and the mining plan.

(b) Completion of operations and abandonment.

(1) Upon completion of operations, bonds shall be released in accordance with 4VAC25-130-740.15(d).

(2) Where there is a Federal lease bond:

(i) Not less than 30 days prior to permanent cessation or abandonment of surface coal mining and reclamation operations, the person conducting those operations shall submit to the OSM, in duplicate, a notice of intention to cease or abandon those operations, with a statement of the number of acres affected by the operations, the extent and kind of reclamation accomplished and the structures and other facilities that are to be removed from or remain on the permit area.

(ii) Upon receipt of this notice, the Bureau of Land Management and the appropriate Federal land management agency shall promptly make joint inspections to determine whether all operations have been completed in accordance with the requirements of 43 CFR 3480 - 3487, the lease or licenses and the mining plan. Where all of these requirements have been complied with, the liability under the lease bond of the person conducting surface coal mining and reclamation operations shall be terminated.

4 Va. Admin. Code § 25-130-740.19

Derived from VR480-03-19 § 740.19, 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.