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Mines and Mining (1995 thru present)
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  • 2006 - HB 1153 Virginia Energy Plan; created.
  • 2006 - HB 1292 Virginia Energy Plan; created.
  • 2006 - HB 1423 Biofuels Production Fund and Incentive Grant Program; created.
  • 2006 - HB 1443 Emergency response plans; operators shall develop plan for underground coal mines.
  • 2006 - HB 1539 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for gas and oil, extends sunset provision.
  • 2006 - HB 1562 Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosure of previous mining and presence of abandoned mines.
  • 2006 - SB 262 Virginia Energy Plan; created.
  • 2006 - SB 513 Coalbed methane well-pooling orders; interests in drilling units, conflicting claims.
  • 2007 - HB 1720 Gold mining, recreational; exempts miners from having to obtain permit if meet certain conditions.
  • 2007 - HB 2247 Biofuels Incentive Grant Program; lowers eligibility requirement of volume of biofuels.
  • 2007 - HB 2897 Mine safety; mine operators to maintain motorized transport at working face of mine.
  • 2007 - HB 2913 Coal and gas road improvement tax; extends sunset provision.
  • 2007 - HB 3089 Biofuels Incentive Grant Program; lowers eligibility requirement therefor.
  • 2007 - HB 3190 Coal mine certification; requires pre-employment substance abuse testing and suspension for certain.
  • 2007 - SB 734 Coal and gas road improvement tax, local; extends sunset provision.
  • 2007 - SB 1091 Coal miner certification; requires pre-employment substance abuse testing & suspension.
  • 2008 - HB 870 Mineral Resources, Division of; name changed to Division of Geology and Mineral Resources.
  • 2008 - HB 1150 Oil or gas operations; identify in permit application any cemetary located within 100 feet.
  • 2008 - HJ 109 Coal-fired generation facilities; JLARC to study risk of further investment.
  • 2008 - SB 413 Mining operations; permit fees to be submitted from applicants that discharge waters.
  • 2008 - SB 444 Motor fuels tax; funding for transportation-related alternatives.
  • 2008 - SB 445 Motor fuels tax; funding for transportation-related alternatives.
  • 2008 - SB 525 Uranium Mining Commission; established, report.
  • 2008 - SB 586 Gas and Oil Act; notification of interested parties.  
  • 2008 - SB 689 Biodiesel and green diesel fuel; definition thereof.
  • 2008 - SJ 107 Uranium; joint subcommittee to study mining in State.
  • 2009 - HB 1633 Offshore drilling; apportions royalties that State receives to certain funds and programs.
  • 2009 - HB 1840 Gas and Oil Act; exempts well from minimum distance limit if plan for plugging well before mining.
  • 2009 - HB 1918 Coal combustion by-products; use, reuse, or reclamation in a flood plain.
  • 2009 - HB 2001 Biofuels Production Incentive Grant Program; producer of non-advanced neat biofuels eligible.
  • 2009 - HB 2081 Underground gas service; unlawful to sell & distribute natural gas, etc., to public via underground.
  • 2009 - HB 2186 Coal and gas road improvement tax; extends sunset date.
  • 2009 - HB 2235 Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Fund; created.
  • 2009 - HB 2518 Royalty payments from gas or oil drilling; property owners whose interest has been force-pooled.
  • 2009 - SB 445 Motor fuels tax; funding for transportation-related alternatives.
  • 2009 - SB 865 Coal combustion by-products; use, reuse, or reclamation in a flood plain.
  • 2009 - SB 1186 Biofuels Production Incentive Grant Program; producer of non-advanced neat biofuels may receive.
  • 2009 - SB 1204 Royalty payments from gas or oil drilling; property owners whose interest has been force-pooled.
  • 2009 - SB 1215 Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Fund; created.
  • 2009 - SB 1337 Coal and gas road improvement tax; revenues generated designated for local water or sewer projects.
  • 2009 - SB 1460 Replacement of water by gas well operators; replace water supply contaminated, etc. by an operation.
  • 2010 - HB 127 Overweight permits; makes carriers of coal, etc., responsible for obtaining.
  • 2010 - HB 473 Weight limits; extends sunset provision for trucks hauling gravel, etc., in coal-producing counties.
  • 2010 - HB 1037 Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Fund; created.
  • 2010 - HB 1072 Mining; ownership of underground void.
  • 2010 - HB 1171 Coal mining; increases license fee.
  • 2010 - HB 1179 Coalbed methane gas; presumption of ownership.
  • 2010 - HB 1183 Mineral mining; increases license fee.
  • 2010 - HB 1184 Gas and oil wells; establishes annual permit renewal fee.
  • 2010 - HB 1185 Coal mine safety; requirements for surface foreman certification.
  • 2010 - HB 1344 Coalbed methane gas; Gas & Oil Board to order arbitration to resolve conflicting claim of ownership.
  • 2010 - HJ 121 Gas & Oil Act; Coal & Energy Commission to study ownership rights of coalbed methane & natural gas.
  • 2010 - SB 129 Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Fund; created.
  • 2010 - SB 171 Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Fund; created.
  • 2010 - SB 247 Carbon dioxide; regulation of geologic storage.
  • 2010 - SB 376 Coalbed methane gas; presumption of ownership, report.
  • 2010 - SB 558 Coal mining; increases license fee.
  • 2010 - SB 559 Mineral mining; increases license fee.
  • 2010 - SB 560 Gas and oil wells; increase annual permit fee.
  • 2010 - SB 561 Coal mine safety; requirements for surface foreman certification.
  • 2010 - SB 564 Coal surface mining; refuse control.
  • 2011 - HB 1037 Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Fund; created.
  • 2011 - HB 1988 Property conveyances; broadens statutory for ownership of space opened underground by coal removal.
  • 2011 - HB 2123 Coal surface mining operations; authority to issue pollutant discharge elimination permits.
  • 2011 - HB 2181 Coalbed methane gas; conflicting claims to ownership.
  • 2011 - HB 2237 Electric generation facilities; incentives for construction of using coalbed methane gas.
  • 2011 - HB 2316 Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program; created.
  • 2011 - HB 2471 Coal Mine Safety Act; updated to reflect current federal law and industry standards, penalty.
  • 2011 - HB 2477 Workers' compensation coverage; revises requirements for determining coal worker's pneumoconiosis.
  • 2011 - HB 2518 Income tax, state; mine inspection tax credit.
  • 2011 - SB 129 Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Fund; created.
  • 2011 - SB 814 Offshore energy resources; State to support oil and natural gas exploration, etc., exception.
  • 2011 - SB 1025 Coal surface mining operations; authority to issue pollutant discharge elimination permits.
  • 2011 - SB 1111 Virginia Coal Employment and Production Incentive Tax Credit; extends sunset provision.
  • 2011 - SB 1229 Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program; created.
  • 2011 - SB 1310 Coal Mine Safety Act; updated to reflect current federal law and industry standards, penalty.
  • 2011 - SB 1360 Clean Energy Manufacturing Incentive Grant Program; created.
  • 2011 - SB 1392 Electric generation facilities; incentives for construction of using coalbed methane gas.
  • 2011 - SB 1398 Coalbed methane gas; conflicting claims to ownership.
  • 2012 - HB 446 Coal tax credits; termination of certain credits.