§ 45.1-283. Uranium mining permit applications; when accepted; uranium mining deemed to have significant effect on surface.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, permit applications for uranium mining shall not be accepted by any agency of the Commonwealth prior to July 1, 1984, and until a program for permitting uranium mining is established by statute. For the purpose of construing § 45.1-180 (a), uranium mining shall be deemed to have a significant effect on the surface.
1982, c. 269; 1983, c. 3.