4 Va. Admin. Code § 25-130-801.14

Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 4, October 8, 2024

Section 4VAC25-130-801.14 - Reclamation tax

(a) If at the end of any calendar quarter the total balance of the Pool Bond Fund, including interest thereon, is less than $1,750,000, the tax shall be initiated. All permittees participating in the Pool Bond Fund shall pay within 30 days after the end of each taxable calendar quarter, an amount equal to:

(1) Four cents per clean ton of coal produced by the surface mining operation of the permit during the taxable calendar quarter.

(2) Three cents per clean ton of coal produced by the underground mining operation of the permit during the taxable calendar quarter.

(3) One and one-half cents per clean ton of coal processed or loaded by the preparation or loading facility operation of the permit during the taxable calendar quarter.

(b) If at the end of any calendar quarter the total balance of the Pool Bond Fund, including interest thereon, exceeds $2 million, payments shall be deferred until required by 4VAC25-130-801.14(a).

(c) No permittee shall pay the reclamation tax on more than five million tons of coal produced per calendar year, regardless of the number of permits held by that permittee, except as provided in Subsection (e) of this section.

(d) In no event except as provided in Subsection (e) of this section, shall the division require any permittee participating in the Pool Bond Fund:

(1) Holding more than one type of permit to pay a reclamation tax at a rate in excess of five and one-half cents per ton on coal originally surface mined by that permittee or in excess of four and one-half cents per ton on coal originally deep mined by that permittee; or

(2) Holding one permit upon which coal is both mined and processed or loaded to pay more than the tax applicable to the surface mining operation or underground mining operation. However, the permittee shall pay the one and one-half cents per clean ton for all coal processed and/or loaded at the permit which originated from other permits during the calendar quarter.

(e) Upon permit issuance for which bond is provided pursuant to this Part, the permittee shall pay the applicable reclamation tax required by Subsection (a) into the Pool Bond Fund on coal mined and removed under the permit during the one year period commencing with and running from the date of the commencement of coal production, processing or loading from that permit.

4 Va. Admin. Code § 25-130-801.14

Derived from VR480-03-19 § 801.14, eff. December 15, 1981; amended, eff. June 28, 1982; October 28, 1982; December 14, 1982; October 11, 1983; December 27, 1983; May 8, 1984; June 22, 1984; August 2, 1984; October 16, 1985; January 7, 1987; July 22, 1987; November 25, 1987; October 12, 1988; December 26, 1990; July 1, 1991; July 17, 1991; November 20, 1991; July 7, 1992; May 5, 1993; October 19, 1994.

Statutory Authority

§§ 45.1-161.3 and 45.1-230 of the Code of Virginia.