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Timestamp: 2019-10-15 06:42:28
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Objections to permits; hearing (§ 45.1-361.35)—Virginia Decoded - Virginia Decoded
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3 Regulation Of Gas And Oil Development And Production
§ 45.1-361.35 Objections to permits; hearing
§ 45.1-361.35
Objections to permits; hearing
A. Objections to new or modification permits may be filed with the Director by those having standing as set out in § 45.1-361.30. Such objections shall be filed within fifteen days of the objecting party’s receipt of the notice required by § 45.1-361.30. Persons objecting to a permit must state the reasons for their objections.
2. Measures in addition to the requirement for a well’s water-protection string are necessary to protect fresh water-bearing strata;
4. Location of the coalbed methane well or coalbed methane well pipeline will unreasonably infringe on the surface owner’s use of the surface, provided that a reasonable alternative site is available within the unit, and granting the objection will not materially impair any right contained in an agreement, valid at the time of the objection, between the surface owner and the operator or their predecessors or successors in interest; and
5. If the surface owner is an interstate park commission, the location of the well or pipeline will unreasonably infringe on the surface owner’s use of the surface, provided that a reasonable alternative site is available within the unit, and that granting the objection will not materially impair any right contained in an agreement, valid at the time of the objection, between the surface owner and the operator or their predecessors or successors in interest.
1. Directly impinges upon the royalty owner’s gas and oil interest; or
2. Threatens to violate the objecting royalty owner’s property or statutory rights aside from his contractual rights; and
3. Would not adequately prevent the escape of the Commonwealth’s gas and oil resources or provide for the accurate measurement of gas and oil production and delivery to the first point to sale.
If you’re reading this for anything important, you should double-check its accuracy—read § 45.1-361.35 on the official Code of Virginia website.
§ 45.1-361.23 Appeals of the Director's decisions; notices; hearings and orders
§ 45.1-361.36 Appeals of Director's decisions to the Board
§ 45.1-361.9 Appeals; venue; standing