GroundRules
4VAC25-150-600: Setback restrictions, coalbed methane wells
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
- Agency 25. Department of Energy
- Chapter 150. Virginia Gas and Oil Regulation
- Part III. Coalbed Methane Gas Wells
- Article 6. Plugging and Abandonment
No permit shall be issued for any well to be drilled closer than 200 feet from any inhabited building, unless site conditions as approved by the director warrant the permission of a lesser distance, and there exists a lease or agreement between the operator and the owner of the inhabited building. A copy of the lease or agreement shall accompany the application for a permit.
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