WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2020 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 4348
By Delegate Foster
[Introduced January 14, 2020; Referred
to the Committee on Energy then the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §64-3-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to West Virginia surface mining reclamation rule.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 3. Authorization for Department of environmental protection to promulgate legislative rules.
§64-3-1. Department of Environmental Protection.
The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 25, 2019, authorized under the authority of §22-3-4 of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (West Virginia surface mining reclamation rule, 38 CSR 02), is authorized with the amendment set forth below:
On page 183, subdivision 16.2.c.2, following the section number, by striking the word “Either” and inserting in lieu thereof the words, “At the operator’s election, either”.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to West Virginia surface mining reclamation rule.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.