West Virginia Statutes
§ 22A-4-1 — Definitions
West Virginia·Ch. 22A MINERS' HEALTH, SAFETY AND TRAINING·Art. 4 OPEN-PIT MINES, CEMENT MANUFACTURING PLANTS AND UNDERGROUND LIMESTONE AND SANDSTONE MINES
Unless the context in which used clearly requires a different meaning as used in this article:
(a)"Open-pit mine" means an excavation worked from the surface and open to daylight.
(b)"Underground mine" means subterranean workings for the purpose of obtaining a desired material or materials.
(c)"Sand" means waterworn sandstone fragments transported and deposited by water.
(d)"Gravel" means an occurrence of waterworn pebbles.
(e)"Sandstone" means a compacted or cemented sediment composed chiefly of quartz grains.
(f)"Limestone" means a sedimentary rock composed mostly of calcium carbonate.
(g)"Clay" means a natural material of mostly small fragments of hydrous aluminum silicates and possessing plastic properties.
(h)"Shale" means a laminated sedimentary rock composed chiefly
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Legislative History
1994 Reg. Sess., HB4065; 1985 Reg. Sess., HB1850
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§ 22A-1-15
Findings, orders and notices§ 22A-1-19
Judicial review§ 22A-1-2
Definitions§ 22A-1-20
Injunctions§ 22A-1-21
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