45.1-276 - Abandoning exploration hole; affidavits required.
§ 45.1-276. Abandoning exploration hole; affidavits required.
Within forty-five days after the abandonment of any exploration hole, thepermittee shall notify the Chief that such exploration hole has been pluggedand abandoned, giving the location of such hole. The permittee shall submitan affidavit, in triplicate, which shall set forth the time and manner inwhich the hole was plugged and filled. One copy of this affidavit shall beretained by the permittee, one sent to the State Geologist, and the thirdshall be mailed to the Chief.
(1982, c. 269.)