{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-45.2-2116","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 45.2-2116","heading":"Uranium mining permit applications; uranium mining deemed to have significant effect on surface","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no application for a uranium mining permit shall be accepted by any agency of the Commonwealth until a program for permitting uranium mining is established by statute. For the purpose of construing the definition of \"mining\" in § 45.2-1200, uranium mining is deemed to have a significant effect on the surface.1982, c. 269, § 45.1-283; 1983, c. 3; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","path":["Title 45.2. Mines, Minerals, and Energy","Subtitle V. Other Sources of Energy; Energy Policy","Chapter 21. Nuclear Energy","Article 3. Exploration for Uranium Ore"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/45.2-2116/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:16:34Z","sha256":"967f88a773e814d454c9cb22533b7b7ac4d6b900d862691fae3e23985c65994e","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-45.2-2115","next":"us-va/va.-code-45.2-2117"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}