Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 6, November 4, 2024
Section 4VAC25-130-845.19 - Request for hearing(a) The person charged with the violation may contest the proposed penalty or the fact of the violation by submitting a petition and an amount equal to the proposed penalty or, if a conference has been held, the reassessed or affirmed penalty to the division (to be held in escrow as provided in subsection (b) of this section) within 30 days from receipt of the proposed assessment or reassessment or 30 days from the date of service of the assessment conference decision, whichever is later. The fact of the violation may not be contested if it has been decided in a review proceeding commenced under 4VAC25-130-843.16.(b) The division shall transfer all funds submitted under subsection (a) of this section to the State Treasurer's Office which shall hold them in escrow pending completion of the administrative and judicial review process, at which time it shall disburse them as provided in 4VAC25-130-845.20.(c) The hearing requested pursuant to a petition filed under subsection (a) of this section shall be conducted as a formal hearing in accordance with the provisions of § 2.2-4020 of the Code of Virginia. The hearing officer shall cause an accurate verbatim record of the hearing to be made. The division may charge the reasonable cost of preparing such record to any party to the hearing who requests a copy of the record.(d) All requests for hearing, or appeals for review and reconsideration made under this section; and all notices of appeal for judicial review of a hearing officer's final decision, or the final decision on review and reconsideration shall be filed with the Director, Division of Mined Land Repurposing, Department of Energy, 3405 Mountain Empire Road, Big Stone Gap, Virginia 24219.4 Va. Admin. Code § 25-130-845.19
Derived from VR480-03-19 §845.19, 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; Virginia Register Volume 15, Issue 6, eff. January 6, 1999; Volume 23, Issue 13, eff. April 4, 2007; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 38, Issue 13, eff. 3/31/2022.Statutory Authority: § 45.2-103 of the Code of Virginia.