Code of Virginia - Title 45.1 Mines And Mining - Section 45.1-193.1 Injunction prohibiting mining operation

§ 45.1-193.1. Injunction prohibiting mining operation

Whenever adverse ecological disruptions or the injurious effects thereof seriously threaten or endanger the health, safety, welfare and property rights of citizens of Virginia, and abatement is not feasible by the application of control techniques, the Director shall petition the appropriate circuit court for an injunction to prohibit further operations. Such injunction shall not relieve the operator from his duty to reclaim lands previously affected according to the terms and conditions of this permit.

(1977, c. 312.)

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