No public officer or employee in the division having any responsibility or duty either directly or of a supervisory nature with respect to the administration or enforcement of this article may: (1) Engage in quarrying as a sole proprietor or as a partner;
(a) The provisions of this article do not apply to activities of the West Virginia Department of Transportation or any legally constituted public governing entities including municipal corporations or other political subdivisions, including the federal government, or to activities of any person acting under contract with any of these public agencies or entities, on highway […]
Unless the context in which it is used clearly requires a different meaning, as used in this article: (1) "Abandoned quarry" or "abandoned quarry lands" means:
The Director of the Division of Environmental Protection is vested with jurisdiction over all aspects of quarrying and with jurisdiction and control over land, water and soil aspects pertaining to quarry operations, and the restoration and reclamation of quarries and areas affected thereby. This article does not address coal mining activities unless covered by subdivision […]
(a) It is unlawful for any person to engage in quarrying without having first obtained from the division a permit as required by this article. The application shall fully state the information required by the director. Each new quarry permit shall be issued for a term of five years and is renewable for subsequent terms […]
(a) The director shall, upon receipt of an application for a permit, determine if the application is complete and contains the information required in the application. The director has thirty days to review the application for technical completeness. An application is complete when all required information has been submitted to the director. If the application […]
(a) The director may deny a permit application, modification or transfer for one or more of the following reasons: (1) Any requirement of federal or state environmental law, rule or regulation would be violated by the proposed permit.
The Legislature finds that there are certain areas in the State of West Virginia which are impossible to reclaim either by natural growth or by technological activity and that if quarrying is conducted in these certain areas such operations may naturally cause stream pollution, landslides, the accumulation of stagnant water, flooding, the destruction of land […]
(a) Any valid permit issued pursuant to this article carries with it the right of successive renewal upon expiration with respect to areas within the boundaries of the existing permit. All permittees shall publish a Class I legal advertisement in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code. (b) If an […]
