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- Va. Code § 45.2-532 · Surface foreman certification
- Va. Code § 45.2-533 · Chief electrician certification
- Va. Code § 45.2-534 · Top person certification
- Va. Code § 45.2-535 · License required for operation of a coal mine; term
- Va. Code § 45.2-536 · Coal Mine Operator License Fund
- Va. Code § 45.2-537 · Application for license for the operation of a coal mine
- Va. Code § 45.2-538 · Denial or revocation of license for the operation of a coal mine
- Va. Code § 45.2-539 · Operating without license; penalty
- Va. Code § 45.2-540 · Annual reports; condition to issuance of license following transfer of ownership
- Va. Code § 45.2-541 · Discontinuance of the working of a mine; notices to Department; resumption of mining following discontinuance
- Va. Code § 45.2-542 · (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2025, cc. 91 and 109, cl. 2) Maps of mines required to be made; contents; extension and preservation; use by Department; release; posting of map
- Va. Code § 45.2-543 · When the Chief may cause maps to be made; payment by operator
- Va. Code § 45.2-544 · Making false statements; penalty
- Va. Code § 45.2-545 · Mine rescue and first aid stations
- Va. Code § 45.2-546 · Mine rescue teams
- Va. Code § 45.2-547 · Duty to train teams
- Va. Code § 45.2-548 · Qualification for team membership; direction of teams
- Va. Code § 45.2-549 · Team members to be considered employees of the mine where emergency exists; compensation; workers' compensation
- Va. Code § 45.2-550 · Requirements of recovery work
- Va. Code § 45.2-551 · State-designated mine rescue teams
- Va. Code § 45.2-552 · Mine Rescue Fund
- Va. Code § 45.2-553 · Inspections; Mine Rescue Coordinator
- Va. Code § 45.2-554 · Workers' compensation; liability
- Va. Code § 45.2-555 · Reports of explosions and mine fires; procedure
- Va. Code § 45.2-556 · Operators' reports of accidents; investigations; reports by Department
- Va. Code § 45.2-557 · Reports of other accidents and injuries
- Va. Code § 45.2-558 · Duties of mine inspectors
- Va. Code § 45.2-559 · Frequency of mine inspections
- Va. Code § 45.2-560 · Evaluation of risks at mines
- Va. Code § 45.2-561 · Review of inspection reports and records
- Va. Code § 45.2-562 · Advance notice of inspections; confidentiality of trade secrets
- Va. Code § 45.2-563 · Scheduling of mine inspections
- Va. Code § 45.2-564 · Denial of entry
- Va. Code § 45.2-565 · Duties of operator
- Va. Code § 45.2-566 · Duties of inspectors
- Va. Code § 45.2-567 · Inspection reports
- Va. Code § 45.2-568 · Notices of violations
- Va. Code § 45.2-569 · Closure orders
- Va. Code § 45.2-570 · Tolling of time for abating violations
- Va. Code § 45.2-571 · Injunctive relief
- Va. Code § 45.2-572 · Violations; penalty
- Va. Code § 45.2-573 · Prosecution of violations
- Va. Code § 45.2-574 · Fees and costs
- Va. Code § 45.2-575 · Reports of violations
- Va. Code § 45.2-576 · Virginia Coal Mine Safety Board; purpose
- Va. Code § 45.2-577 · Membership; terms; compensation; quorum; meetings
- Va. Code § 45.2-578 · Powers and duties of the Virginia Coal Mine Safety Board
- Va. Code § 45.2-579 · First aid training of coal miners
- Va. Code § 45.2-580 · Training programs
- Va. Code § 45.2-581 · Additional coal mining training programs
- Va. Code § 45.2-600 · Consent required before working mine near land of another
- Va. Code § 45.2-601 · Adjacent owner to be permitted to survey mine; proceedings to compel entry for survey
- Va. Code § 45.2-602 · Petition to establish a trust for missing coal owners
- Va. Code § 45.2-603 · Advertisement upon filing of petition
- Va. Code § 45.2-604 · Court may declare trust; trustee sale of lease
- Va. Code § 45.2-605 · Duty of trustee; sale of lease; distribution of funds
- Va. Code § 45.2-606 · Payment of attorney fees, expenses, and court costs
- Va. Code § 45.2-607 · Production of coal by majority interest owner; petition to establish trust for known coal owners
- Va. Code § 45.2-608 · "Public uses" defined; mining, etc., of coal essential business; subject to seizure by Commonwealth
- Va. Code § 45.2-609 · Interruption of public uses; proclamation of emergency; seizure
- Va. Code § 45.2-610 · Additional powers of Governor to operate seized properties
- Va. Code § 45.2-611 · Virginia Fuel Commission; purpose; membership; compensation; staff; powers and duties; report
- Va. Code § 45.2-612 · Negotiating purchase or lease of coal properties
- Va. Code § 45.2-613 · Proceedings for condemnation
- Va. Code § 45.2-614 · Expense of acquiring and operating coal property; funds derived from operation
- Va. Code § 45.2-615 · Restoration of property to owner or operator
- Va. Code § 45.2-616 · Article subject to provisions of general law
- Va. Code § 45.2-617 · Definitions
- Va. Code § 45.2-618 · Design and construction of retaining dam or mine refuse impoundment; designs and other data to be submitted to Chief
- Va. Code § 45.2-619 · Examination of retaining dam or mine refuse impoundment; potentially hazardous condition; plans to be submitted by operators
- Va. Code § 45.2-620 · Emergency notification and evacuation plan
- Va. Code § 45.2-700 · Scope of chapter
- Va. Code § 45.2-701 · Regulations governing conditions and practices at underground coal mines
- Va. Code § 45.2-702 · Standards for regulations
- Va. Code § 45.2-703 · Duties of mine foreman
- Va. Code § 45.2-704 · Employment and duties of top persons; plan for excavation of shaft or slope
- Va. Code § 45.2-705 · Employment of inexperienced underground miners
- Va. Code § 45.2-706 · Employment of authorized persons
- Va. Code § 45.2-707 · Mining in proximity to gas or oil wells
- Va. Code § 45.2-708 · Mining in proximity to an abandoned area
- Va. Code § 45.2-709 · Roof, face, and ribs to be secure
- Va. Code § 45.2-710 · Roof control plans
- Va. Code § 45.2-711 · Instruction of miners
- Va. Code § 45.2-712 · Copies of plan
- Va. Code § 45.2-713 · Automated temporary roof support systems
- Va. Code § 45.2-714 · Supplies of materials for supports
- Va. Code § 45.2-715 · Examination and testing of roof, face, and ribs
- Va. Code § 45.2-716 · Mapping of roof falls
- Va. Code § 45.2-717 · Unsafe conditions
- Va. Code § 45.2-718 · Removal of supports
- Va. Code § 45.2-719 · Surface storage of explosives and detonators
- Va. Code § 45.2-720 · Underground transportation of explosives and detonators
- Va. Code § 45.2-721 · Underground storage of explosives and detonators
- Va. Code § 45.2-722 · Blasting practices; penalty
- Va. Code § 45.2-723 · Blasting cables
- Va. Code § 45.2-724 · Misfires
- Va. Code § 45.2-725 · Explosives and blasting practices in shaft and slope operations
- Va. Code § 45.2-726 · Mine openings
- Va. Code § 45.2-727 · Separation of openings
- Va. Code § 45.2-728 · Number of miners in openings