Code of Virginia - Title 45.1 Mines And Mining - Chapter 15.1 Geothermal Energy

• 45.1-179.1 Short title; purpose
  This chapter may be cited as the Virginia Geothermal Resource Conservation Act. It is the policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the purpose of ...
• 45.1-179.2 Definitions
  The following terms used in this chapter have the meanings respectively ascribed thereto unless the context clearly requires otherwise: "Correlative rights" means the right of ...
• 45.1-179.3 Application
  The provisions of this chapter regarding (i) permitting, well regulations, reservoir management and allocation apply to geothermal resources at temperatures above the minimum temperature set ...
• 45.1-179.4 Ownership
  Ownership rights to geothermal resources shall be in the owner of the surface property underlain by the geothermal resources unless such rights have been otherwise ...
• 45.1-179.5 Findings; clarification of nature of the resource
  Geothermal resources are found and hereby declared to be sui generis, being neither a mineral resource nor a water resource. Mineral estates shall not be ...
• 45.1-179.6 Duties and responsibilities of Department
  The Department shall have and is hereby given jurisdiction and authority over all persons and property, public and private, necessary to enforce the provisions of ...
• 45.1-179.7 Additional powers of Department
  The Department shall: 1. Consult with the Board in carrying out all of its duties and responsibilities pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; 2. ...
• 45.1-179.8 Reinjection policy
  The Department, the Board, and Department of Health shall jointly develop, and revise as necessary, a policy on reinjection of spent geothermal fluids. Such policy ...
• 45.1-179.9 Cancellation or suspension of permit
  Whenever, after a public hearing held in conjunction with the Board, the Department determines that a holder of a permit issued pursuant to the provisions ...
• 45.1-179.10 Penalties; injunctions
  Any person who shall be adjudged to have violated any provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to ...
• 45.1-179.11 Judicial review
  Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the Department pursuant to the provisions of § 45.1-179.9 is entitled to judicial review thereof in accordance ...

Last modified: April 3, 2009