Virginia — Title 45.2 · Chapter 16

• § 45.2-1600 — Definitions
• § 45.2-1601 — Regulation of coal surface mining not affected by chapter
• § 45.2-1602 — Construction; purposes
• § 45.2-1603 — Virginia Gas and Oil Board; membership; compensation
• § 45.2-1604 — Duties and responsibilities of the Director; Virginia Gas and Oil Inspector
• § 45.2-1605 — Exclusivity of regulation and enforcement
• § 45.2-1606 — Confidentiality
• § 45.2-1607 — Expenditure of funds
• § 45.2-1608 — Violations; penalties
• § 45.2-1609 — Appeals; venue; standing
• § 45.2-1610 — Copy of lease to lessor
• § 45.2-1611 — Objections by coal owner
• § 45.2-1612 — Distance limitations of certain wells
• § 45.2-1613 — Meetings of the Board; notice; general powers and duties
• § 45.2-1614 — Additional duties and responsibilities of the Board
• § 45.2-1615 — Applicability and construction
• § 45.2-1616 — Statewide spacing of wells
• § 45.2-1617 — Voluntary pooling of interests in drilling units; validity of unit agreements
• § 45.2-1618 — Notice of hearing; standing; form of hearing
• § 45.2-1619 — Field rules and drilling units for wells; hearings and orders
• § 45.2-1620 — Pooling of interests in drilling units
• § 45.2-1621 — Coalbed methane gas; ownership
• § 45.2-1622 — Pooling of interests for coalbed methane gas wells; conflicting claims to ownership
• § 45.2-1623 — Conflicting claims of ownership; arbitration
• § 45.2-1624 — Release of funds held in escrow or suspense because of conflicting claims to coalbed methane gas
• § 45.2-1625 — Appeals of the Director's decisions; notices; hearings and orders
• § 45.2-1626 — Enforcement
• § 45.2-1627 — Standing when Director or Board fails to act
• § 45.2-1628 — Recording of orders
• § 45.2-1629 — Duties, responsibilities, and authority of the Director
• § 45.2-1630 — Powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Inspector
• § 45.2-1631 — Permit required; gas, oil, or geophysical operations; coalbed methane gas wells; environmental assessment
• § 45.2-1632 — Notice of permit applications and permit modification applications required; content
• § 45.2-1633 — Bonding and financial security required
• § 45.2-1634 — Gas and Oil Plugging and Restoration Fund
• § 45.2-1635 — Expiration of permits
• § 45.2-1636 — Abandonment or cessation of well or corehole operation; plugging required
• § 45.2-1637 — Objections to permits; hearing
• § 45.2-1638 — Appeals of Director's decisions to the Board
• § 45.2-1639 — Persons required to register; designated agents
• § 45.2-1640 — Report of permitted activities and production required; contents
• § 45.2-1641 — Developing a gas or oil well as a water well
• § 45.2-1642 — Orphaned Well Fund; orphaned wells
• § 45.2-1643 — Interference by injection wells with groundwater supply
• § 45.2-1644 — Safety in coalbed methane gas, oil, and geophysical operations
• § 45.2-1645 — Chesapeake Bay; drilling for gas or oil prohibited
• § 45.2-1646 — Tidewater Virginia; drilling for gas or oil prohibited in certain areas
• § 45.2-1647 — Hydraulic fracturing; bioslurry injections; groundwater management area
• § 45.2-1648 — Operator's right to sample water
• § 45.2-1649 — Replacement of water supply