Mines And Mining
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Electric energy; consumption reduction goal, annual progress reports. [SB-990]
Electric energy consumption reduction goal; progress reports. Directs the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, in consultation with the staff of the State Corporation Commission, to report annually, commencing no later than December 15, 2018, on the progress the Commonwealth is making toward meeting the goal adopted in 2007 of reducing the consumption of electric energy by retail customers by the year 2022 by an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount of electric energy consumed by retail customers in 2006. The bill requires the reports to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rosalyn Dance
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0568) on 03/16/2017
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Virginia Oil and Gas Act; sampling and replacing contaminated wells. [SB-910]
Virginia Oil and Gas Act; sampling and replacing contaminated wells. Increases from 750 feet to 1,320 feet the radius of surface lands around gas wells on which gas well operators (i) have a right to enter and obtain water samples from water wells and (ii) are required to replace contaminated water supplies.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0017) on 02/17/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Orphaned Well Fund; surcharge. [SB-911]
Orphaned Well Fund; surcharge. Raises from $50 to $200 the surcharge to be paid by a gas or oil operator for a permit to conduct any activity other than geophysical operations. The bill contains technical amendments.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0018) on 02/17/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Mineral mines reclamation; bonds and liens. [HB-1509]
Mineral mines reclamation; bonds and liens. Increases, from a range of $200 to $1,000 per acre to a fixed amount of $3,000 per acre, the mandatory bond amount furnished by operators on mining land. The bill increases the minimum size of the Minerals Reclamation Fund from $250,000 to $2 million. The bill also grants the Commonwealth a lien on property owned by the operator and reclaimed by the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy and sets out the process by which the Director shall perfect or waive the lien.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Ware
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0004) on 02/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Electric energy; consumption reduction goal, annual progress reports. [HB-1465]
Electric energy consumption reduction goal; progress reports. Directs the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, in consultation with the staff of the State Corporation Commission, to report annually, commencing no later than December 15, 2018, on the progress the Commonwealth is making toward meeting the goal adopted in 2007 of reducing the consumption of electric energy by retail customers by the year 2022 by an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount of electric energy consumed by retail customers in 2006. The bill requires the reports to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Sullivan
Left In Commerce And Labor on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
FOIA; record exclusion for trade secrets submitted to Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. [HB-1389]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record exclusion for trade secrets submitted to the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. Excludes from the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA trade secrets, as defined in the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (? 59.1-336 et seq.), submitted to the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy as part of the required permit or permit modification to commence ground-disturbing activities. The bill provides that in order for such trade secrets to be excluded, the submitting party shall (i) invoke this exclusion upon
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Sponsored by: Rep. Roxann Robinson
Left In General Laws on 12/01/2016