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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>364363</law_id><section_number>45.2-571</section_number><catch_line> Injunctive relief</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="99" identifier="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Coal Mining</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">Coal Mines Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Coal Mine Safety Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="8" identifier="8">Enforcement and Penalties; Reports of Violations</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any person violating or failing, neglecting, or refusing to obey any closure <span class="dictionary">order</span> may be compelled in a proceeding instituted by the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> in any appropriate <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> to obey such <span class="dictionary">order</span> and to comply with such <span class="dictionary">order</span> by <span class="dictionary">injunction</span> or other appropriate relief. <a id="paragraph-1357449" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-571/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any person failing to abate any violation of the Act that has been cited in a notice of violation within the time period provided in such notice for its abatement may be compelled in a proceeding instituted by the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> in any appropriate <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> to abate such violation as provided in such notice and to cease the operation of the mine at which such violation exists until the violation has been abated, by <span class="dictionary">injunction</span> or other appropriate remedy. <a id="paragraph-1357450" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-571/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> may file a <span class="dictionary">bill of complaint</span> with any appropriate <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> asking the <span class="dictionary">court</span> to temporarily or permanently enjoin a person from operating a mine in the Commonwealth, to be granted upon <span class="dictionary">finding</span> by a <span class="dictionary">preponderance of the evidence</span> that (i) a history of noncompliance at the mine operated by the person demonstrates that he is not able or willing to operate a mine in compliance with the provisions of the Act or (ii) a history of the issuance of closure <span class="dictionary">orders</span> for the mine operated by the person demonstrates that he is not able or willing to operate a mine in compliance with the provisions of the Act. <a id="paragraph-1357451" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-571/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 45-8, 45-84; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, &#xA7; 45.1-104; 1972, c. 784; 1974, c. 323; 1975, c. 520; 1978, c. 120; 1982, c. 118; 1990, c. 963; 1994, c. 28, &#xA7; 45.1-161.93; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
