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1994 SESSION

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HB 444 Oil drilling.

Introduced by: W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Oil drilling. Removes the prohibition on oil drilling in Tidewater Virginia. However, if the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy finds that production of commercial quantities of oil or gas in Tidewater Virginia is likely and imminent, he is required to report this fact to the Secretaries of Commerce and Trade, and Natural Resources. The Secretaries are responsible for developing a joint report for the Governor, analyzing, among other factors, the environmental risks and safeguards of such an activity. No permit may be issued until (i) the Governor has reviewed the report and made his recommendations, (ii) the legislature has acted on the Governor's legislative recommendations or the legislature's own initiatives, and (iii) subsequent legislation has become effective.


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