4VAC25-130-762.13: Land exempt from designation as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations

The requirements of this Part do not apply to:

(a) Lands on which surface coal mining operations were being conducted on August 3, 1977;

(b) Lands covered by a permit issued under the Act; or

(c) Lands where substantial legal and financial commitments in surface coal mining operations were in existence prior to January 4, 1977.