45.1-253 - Certain mining operations exempt from this chapter.
§ 45.1-253. Certain mining operations exempt from this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any of the followingactivities:
1. The extraction of coal by a landowner for his own noncommercial use fromland owned or leased by him; and
2. The extraction of coal as an incidental part of federal, state or localgovernment-financed highway or other construction under regulationsestablished by the Director.
(1979, c. 290; 1984, c. 590; 1988, c. 295.)