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I, c. 141, \u00a7 67-1800; 2024, cc. 1, 100.","full_text":"A\n\nFor the purposes of this section:\n\t\t\t“Brownfield” means real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.\n\n\t\t\t“Fund” means the Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund.\n\n\t\t\t“Previously coal mined lands” means lands, associated waters, and surrounding watersheds where coal extraction, beneficiation, or processing has occurred.\n\n\t\t\t“Program” means Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Program.\n\n\t\t\t“Project” means all or any part of the following activities necessary or desirable for the restoration and redevelopment of a brownfield site or previously coal mined lands for renewable energy purposes: (i) environmental or cultural resource site assessments; (ii) the monitoring, remediation, cleanup, or containment of property to remove hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, solid wastes, or petroleum; (iii) the appropriate treatment of grave sites, and the appropriate and necessary treatment of significant archaeological resources, or the stabilization or restoration of structures listed on or eligible for the Virginia Landmarks Register; (iv) the demolition and removal of existing structures, or other site work necessary to make a site or certain real property usable for economic development; (v) the development of a remediation and reuse plan; and (vi) the development or operation of such site for renewable energy generation or storage.\n\n\t\t\t“Renewable energy” means energy derived from sunlight, wind, and geothermal power.\n\nB\n\nThere is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund. The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All funds appropriated for such purpose and any gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds received on its behalf shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of (i) awarding grants on a competitive basis through the Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Program established pursuant to subsection C or (ii) implementing and administering the Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund and Program. Moneys used for implementing and administering the Fund and Program shall be limited to 10 percent of the amount available in the Fund each year. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Director.\n\nC\n\nThe Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Program is hereby established for the purpose of awarding grants on a competitive basis from such funds as may be available from the Fund to renewable energy projects located on brownfields or previously coal mined lands. The Program shall be administered by the Department. In administering the Program, the Department shall consult with the Department of Environmental Quality and establish and publish guidelines and criteria for grant awards, including guidelines and criteria governing agreements between the Department and grant recipients relating to the development of renewable energy projects on brownfields or previously coal mined lands. The criteria for grant recipients shall include requirements for project developers to hire local residents. The Department shall oversee each grant awarded through the Program and ensure thorough annual reporting on each such grant.\n\nD\n\nGrants shall be awarded in an amount of $500 per kilowatt of nameplate capacity from renewable energy sources that are located on previously coal mined lands and $100 per kilowatt of nameplate capacity from renewable energy sources that are located on brownfields. No more than $10 million shall be awarded to any single previously coal mined lands project and no more than $5 million shall be awarded to any single brownfield project that is not located on previously coal mined lands. If a project is eligible to receive a grant as a previously coal mined lands project, it shall not be eligible to receive a grant as a brownfields project, and vice versa.\n\t\t\tNo more than $35 million per year shall be allocated by the Program. Of this amount, $20 million shall be reserved for projects sited on previously coal mined lands. However, if less than $20 million is distributed to previously coal mined lands projects in a given year, any remaining funds may be reallocated to brownfield projects.\n\nE\n\nThe Department shall, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, localities, interest groups, private businesses, and other stakeholders, develop an online handbook for renewable energy and energy storage development on brownfields and previously coal mined lands. The online handbook shall include a discussion of coal mining permit types and reclamation requirements, permitting requirements for development on brownfields and previously coal mined lands, and policy recommendations for encouraging renewable energy development on brownfields and coal mines. The handbook shall be completed no later than July 1, 2022, and shall be updated as needed at the discretion of the Department.\n\nF\n\nThe Department shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly regarding administration of the Fund and Program for the preceding fiscal year. The report shall include the number of grants awarded, the number of acres reclaimed or revitalized, the amount of nameplate capacity constructed, the number of jobs created, and the general economic impact of the Fund and Program. The report shall be furnished to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Labor and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor no later than November 1 of each year. However, no annual report shall be required if the Fund and Program do not receive funding.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1356840,"text":"For the purposes of this section:\n\t\t\t“Brownfield” means real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.\t\t\t“Fund” means the Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund.\t\t\t“Previously coal mined lands” means lands, associated waters, and surrounding watersheds where coal extraction, beneficiation, or processing has occurred.\t\t\t“Program” means Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Program.\t\t\t“Project” means all or any part of the following activities necessary or desirable for the restoration and redevelopment of a brownfield site or previously coal mined lands for renewable energy purposes: (i) environmental or cultural resource site assessments; (ii) the monitoring, remediation, cleanup, or containment of property to remove hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, solid wastes, or petroleum; (iii) the appropriate treatment of grave sites, and the appropriate and necessary treatment of significant archaeological resources, or the stabilization or restoration of structures listed on or eligible for the Virginia Landmarks Register; (iv) the demolition and removal of existing structures, or other site work necessary to make a site or certain real property usable for economic development; (v) the development of a remediation and reuse plan; and (vi) the development or operation of such site for renewable energy generation or storage.\t\t\t“Renewable energy” means energy derived from sunlight, wind, and geothermal power.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":1356841,"text":"There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund. The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All funds appropriated for such purpose and any gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds received on its behalf shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of (i) awarding grants on a competitive basis through the Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Program established pursuant to subsection C or (ii) implementing and administering the Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund and Program. Moneys used for implementing and administering the Fund and Program shall be limited to 10 percent of the amount available in the Fund each year. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Director.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":1356842,"text":"The Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Program is hereby established for the purpose of awarding grants on a competitive basis from such funds as may be available from the Fund to renewable energy projects located on brownfields or previously coal mined lands. The Program shall be administered by the Department. In administering the Program, the Department shall consult with the Department of Environmental Quality and establish and publish guidelines and criteria for grant awards, including guidelines and criteria governing agreements between the Department and grant recipients relating to the development of renewable energy projects on brownfields or previously coal mined lands. The criteria for grant recipients shall include requirements for project developers to hire local residents. 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If a project is eligible to receive a grant as a previously coal mined lands project, it shall not be eligible to receive a grant as a brownfields project, and vice versa.\n\t\t\tNo more than $35 million per year shall be allocated by the Program. Of this amount, $20 million shall be reserved for projects sited on previously coal mined lands. However, if less than $20 million is distributed to previously coal mined lands projects in a given year, any remaining funds may be reallocated to brownfield projects.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"4":{"id":1356844,"text":"The Department shall, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, localities, interest groups, private businesses, and other stakeholders, develop an online handbook for renewable energy and energy storage development on brownfields and previously coal mined lands. The online handbook shall include a discussion of coal mining permit types and reclamation requirements, permitting requirements for development on brownfields and previously coal mined lands, and policy recommendations for encouraging renewable energy development on brownfields and coal mines. The handbook shall be completed no later than July 1, 2022, and shall be updated as needed at the discretion of the Department.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D","next_prefix":"F"},"5":{"id":1356845,"text":"The Department shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly regarding administration of the Fund and Program for the preceding fiscal year. The report shall include the number of grants awarded, the number of acres reclaimed or revitalized, the amount of nameplate capacity constructed, the number of jobs created, and the general economic impact of the Fund and Program. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2024, chapters 1<\/a> and 100<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1452015,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364223,"identifier":"45.2-1725","token":"45.2\/V\/17\/7\/45.2-1725","url":"\/45.2-1725\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1725\/","token":"45.2\/V\/17\/7\/45.2-1725","dublin_core":{"Title":"Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund and Program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1725","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> For the purposes of this section:\n\t\t\t“Brownfield<\/span>” means real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.

\t\t\t“Fund<\/span>” means the Virginia Brownfield<\/span> and Coal Mine Renewable Energy<\/span> Grant Fund<\/span>.

\t\t\t“Previously coal mined lands<\/span>” means lands, associated waters, and surrounding watersheds where coal extraction, beneficiation, or processing has occurred.

\t\t\t“Program<\/span>” means Virginia Brownfield<\/span> and Coal Mine Renewable Energy<\/span> Grant Program<\/span>.

\t\t\t“Project<\/span>” means all or any part of the following activities necessary or desirable for the restoration and redevelopment of a brownfield<\/span> site or previously coal mined lands<\/span> for renewable energy<\/span> purposes: (i) environmental or cultural resource site assessments; (ii) the monitoring, remediation, cleanup, or containment of property to remove hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, solid wastes, or petroleum; (iii) the appropriate treatment of grave sites, and the appropriate and necessary treatment of significant archaeological resources, or the stabilization or restoration of structures listed on or eligible for the Virginia Landmarks Register; (iv) the demolition and removal of existing structures, or other site work necessary to make a site or certain real property usable for economic development; (v) the development of a remediation and reuse plan<\/span>; and (vi) the development or operation of such site for renewable energy<\/span> generation or storage.

\t\t\t“Renewable energy<\/span>” means energy derived from sunlight, wind, and geothermal power. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund<\/span> to be known as the Virginia Brownfield<\/span> and Coal Mine Renewable Energy<\/span> Grant Fund<\/span>. The Fund<\/span> shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All funds<\/span> appropriated for such purpose and any gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds<\/span> received on its behalf shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund<\/span>. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund<\/span> shall remain in the Fund<\/span> and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund<\/span>, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund<\/span> but shall remain in the Fund<\/span>. Moneys in the Fund<\/span> shall be used solely for the purposes of (i) awarding grants on a competitive basis through the Virginia Brownfield<\/span> and Coal Mine Renewable Energy<\/span> Grant Program<\/span> established pursuant to subsection C or (ii) implementing and administering the Virginia Brownfield<\/span> and Coal Mine Renewable Energy<\/span> Grant Fund<\/span> and Program<\/span>. Moneys used for implementing and administering the Fund<\/span> and Program<\/span> shall be limited to 10 percent of the amount available in the Fund<\/span> each year. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund<\/span> shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Director<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Virginia Brownfield<\/span> and Coal Mine Renewable Energy<\/span> Grant Program<\/span> is hereby established for the purpose of awarding grants on a competitive basis from such funds<\/span> as may be available from the Fund<\/span> to renewable energy<\/span> projects<\/span> located on brownfields<\/span> or previously coal mined lands<\/span>. The Program<\/span> shall be administered by the Department<\/span>. In administering the Program<\/span>, the Department<\/span> shall consult with the Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality and establish and publish guidelines and criteria for grant awards, including guidelines and criteria governing agreements between the Department<\/span> and grant recipients relating to the development of renewable energy<\/span> projects<\/span> on brownfields<\/span> or previously coal mined lands<\/span>. The criteria for grant recipients shall include requirements for project<\/span> developers to hire local residents. The Department<\/span> shall oversee each grant awarded through the Program<\/span> and ensure thorough annual reporting on each such grant. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Grants shall be awarded in an amount of $500 per kilowatt of nameplate capacity from renewable energy<\/span> sources that are located on previously coal mined lands<\/span> and $100 per kilowatt of nameplate capacity from renewable energy<\/span> sources that are located on brownfields<\/span>. No more than $10 million shall be awarded to any single previously coal mined lands<\/span> project<\/span> and no more than $5 million shall be awarded to any single brownfield<\/span> project<\/span> that is not located on previously coal mined lands<\/span>. If a project<\/span> is eligible to receive a grant as a previously coal mined lands<\/span> project<\/span>, it shall not be eligible to receive a grant as a brownfields<\/span> project<\/span>, and vice versa.\n\t\t\tNo more than $35 million per year shall be allocated by the Program<\/span>. Of this amount, $20 million shall be reserved for projects<\/span> sited on previously coal mined lands<\/span>. However, if less than $20 million is distributed to previously coal mined lands<\/span> projects<\/span> in a given year, any remaining funds<\/span> may be reallocated to brownfield<\/span> projects<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall, in consultation with the Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality, localities, interest groups, private businesses, and other stakeholders, develop an online handbook for renewable energy<\/span> and energy storage development on brownfields<\/span> and previously coal mined lands<\/span>. The online handbook shall include a discussion of coal mining permit types and reclamation requirements, permitting requirements for development on brownfields<\/span> and previously coal mined lands<\/span>, and policy recommendations for encouraging renewable energy<\/span> development on brownfields<\/span> and coal mines. The handbook shall be completed no later than July 1, 2022, and shall be updated as needed at the discretion of the Department<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly regarding administration of the Fund<\/span> and Program<\/span> for the preceding fiscal year. The report shall include the number of grants awarded, the number of acres reclaimed or revitalized, the amount of nameplate capacity constructed, the number of jobs created, and the general economic impact of the Fund<\/span> and Program<\/span>. The report shall be furnished to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Labor and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor no later than November 1 of each year. However, no annual report shall be required if the Fund<\/span> and Program<\/span> do not receive funding. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIRGINIA BROWNFIELD AND COAL MINE RENEWABLE ENERGY GRANT FUND AND PROGRAM (\u00a7\n45.2-1725)\n\nA. For the purposes of this section:\n\t\t\t“Brownfield” means real property, the expansion, redevelopment,\nor reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a\nhazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.\t\t\t“Fund” means the\nVirginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant\nFund.\t\t\t“Previously coal mined lands” means lands, associated\nwaters, and surrounding watersheds where coal extraction, beneficiation, or\nprocessing has occurred.\t\t\t“Program” means Virginia Brownfield and\nCoal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Program.\t\t\t“Project” means all or\nany part of the following activities necessary or desirable for the restoration\nand redevelopment of a brownfield site or previously coal mined lands for\nrenewable energy purposes: (i) environmental or cultural resource site\nassessments; (ii) the monitoring, remediation, cleanup, or containment of\nproperty to remove hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, solid wastes, or\npetroleum; (iii) the appropriate treatment of grave sites, and the appropriate\nand necessary treatment of significant archaeological resources, or the\nstabilization or restoration of structures listed on or eligible for the\nVirginia Landmarks Register; (iv) the demolition and removal of existing\nstructures, or other site work necessary to make a site or certain real property\nusable for economic development; (v) the development of a remediation and reuse\nplan; and (vi) the development or operation of such site for renewable energy\ngeneration or storage.\t\t\t“Renewable energy” means energy derived\nfrom sunlight, wind, and geothermal power.\n\nB. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to\nbe known as the Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund.\nThe Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All funds\nappropriated for such purpose and any gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and\nother funds received on its behalf shall be paid into the state treasury and\ncredited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the\nFund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest\nthereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but\nshall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the\npurposes of (i) awarding grants on a competitive basis through the Virginia\nBrownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Program established pursuant to\nsubsection C or (ii) implementing and administering the Virginia Brownfield and\nCoal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund and Program. Moneys used for implementing\nand administering the Fund and Program shall be limited to 10 percent of the\namount available in the Fund each year. Expenditures and disbursements from the\nFund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller\nupon written request signed by the Director.\n\nC. The Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Program is\nhereby established for the purpose of awarding grants on a competitive basis\nfrom such funds as may be available from the Fund to renewable energy projects\nlocated on brownfields or previously coal mined lands. The Program shall be\nadministered by the Department. In administering the Program, the Department\nshall consult with the Department of Environmental Quality and establish and\npublish guidelines and criteria for grant awards, including guidelines and\ncriteria governing agreements between the Department and grant recipients\nrelating to the development of renewable energy projects on brownfields or\npreviously coal mined lands. The criteria for grant recipients shall include\nrequirements for project developers to hire local residents. The Department\nshall oversee each grant awarded through the Program and ensure thorough annual\nreporting on each such grant.\n\nD. Grants shall be awarded in an amount of $500 per kilowatt of nameplate\ncapacity from renewable energy sources that are located on previously coal mined\nlands and $100 per kilowatt of nameplate capacity from renewable energy sources\nthat are located on brownfields. No more than $10 million shall be awarded to\nany single previously coal mined lands project and no more than $5 million shall\nbe awarded to any single brownfield project that is not located on previously\ncoal mined lands. If a project is eligible to receive a grant as a previously\ncoal mined lands project, it shall not be eligible to receive a grant as a\nbrownfields project, and vice versa.\n\t\t\tNo more than $35 million per year shall be allocated by the Program. Of this\namount, $20 million shall be reserved for projects sited on previously coal\nmined lands. However, if less than $20 million is distributed to previously coal\nmined lands projects in a given year, any remaining funds may be reallocated to\nbrownfield projects.\n\nE. The Department shall, in consultation with the Department of Environmental\nQuality, localities, interest groups, private businesses, and other\nstakeholders, develop an online handbook for renewable energy and energy storage\ndevelopment on brownfields and previously coal mined lands. The online handbook\nshall include a discussion of coal mining permit types and reclamation\nrequirements, permitting requirements for development on brownfields and\npreviously coal mined lands, and policy recommendations for encouraging\nrenewable energy development on brownfields and coal mines. The handbook shall\nbe completed no later than July 1, 2022, and shall be updated as needed at the\ndiscretion of the Department.\n\nF. The Department shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly\nregarding administration of the Fund and Program for the preceding fiscal year.\nThe report shall include the number of grants awarded, the number of acres\nreclaimed or revitalized, the amount of nameplate capacity constructed, the\nnumber of jobs created, and the general economic impact of the Fund and Program.\nThe report shall be furnished to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Labor\nand Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor no later than\nNovember 1 of each year. However, no annual report shall be required if the Fund\nand Program do not receive funding.\n\nHISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 141, \u00a7 67-1800; 2024, cc. 1, 100.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}