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Va. Code § 45.2-1645: Chesapeake Bay; drilling for gas or oil prohibited

Where this section sits in the code

Title 45.2. Mines, Minerals, and Energy
Subtitle IV. Gas and Oil
Chapter 16. Virginia Gas and Oil Act
Article 4. Drilling for Gas or Oil in the Chesapeake Bay or Tidewater Virginia; Hydraulic Fracturing

Notwithstanding any other law, no person shall drill for gas or oil in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay or any of its tributaries. The provisions of this subsection shall be enforced consistent with the requirements of this chapter.1989, c. 325; § 62.1-195.1; 1990, c. 967; 1992, cc. 480, 887; 1993, c. 239; 1994, c. 957; 2012, cc. 785, 819; 2013, cc. 756, 793; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.

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