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Code of Virginia
Title 45.2 - MINES, MINERALS, AND ENERGYSubtitle V - OTHER SOURCES OF ENERGY; ENERGY POLICYChapter 21 - NUCLEAR ENERGY
Article 3 - EXPLORATION FOR URANIUM ORE
Section 45.2-2116 - Uranium mining permit applications; uranium mining deemed to have significant effect on surface

Va. Code § 45.2-2116

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Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845
Section 45.2-2116 - Uranium mining permit applications; uranium mining deemed to have significant effect on surface

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no application for a uranium mining permit shall be accepted by any agency of the Commonwealth until a program for permitting uranium mining is established by statute. For the purpose of construing the definition of "mining" in § 45.2-1200, uranium mining is deemed to have a significant effect on the surface.

Va. Code § 45.2-2116

1982, c. 269, § 45.1-283; 1983, c. 3; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.