The Director is authorized to contract with any state agency, federal agency, or private contractor through the Division for the purpose of reclaiming orphaned lands pursuant to the agreements specified in this article.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 45.2-1231

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Division: means the Division of Mineral Mining. See Virginia Code 45.2-1200
  • Orphaned lands: means lands disturbed by surface mining of minerals, other than coal operations, that were not required by law to be reclaimed or that have not been reclaimed. See Virginia Code 45.2-1200
  • state agency: means the same as that term is defined in § 2. See Virginia Code 1-206

1978, c. 634, § 45.1-197.6; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.