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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 390<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":364016,"section_number":"45.2-1102","catch_line":" Safety and health","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1102\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1451597,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364129,"identifier":"45.2-1300","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/13\/1\/45.2-1300","url":"\/45.2-1300\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1300\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/13\/1\/45.2-1300","dublin_core":{"Title":" Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1300","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:<\/p>

“Impound water<\/span>” means to impound water<\/span> for use in carrying out any part of the process necessary in the production or preparation of minerals.<\/p>

“Refuse<\/span>” means waste material<\/span> resulting from a mineral mining operation.<\/p>

“Silt<\/span>” means fine particles resulting from a mineral mining operation, suspended in or deposited by water.<\/p>

“Water” means water used in a mining operation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n DEFINITIONS (\u00a7 45.2-1300)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\n“Impound water” means to impound water for use in carrying out any\npart of the process necessary in the production or preparation of minerals.\n\n“Refuse” means waste material resulting from a mineral mining\noperation.\n\n“Silt” means fine particles resulting from a mineral mining\noperation, suspended in or deposited by water.\n\n“Water” means water used in a mining operation.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 390, \u00a7 45.1-225.3; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}