Senate Bill No. 178
(By Senator Manchin)
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[Introduced March 1, 1993; referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources; and then to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section ten, article three, chapter
sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the
water resources board to promulgate legislative rules
relating to requirements governing water quality standards.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section ten, article three, chapter sixty-four of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, LABOR AND
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-3-10. Water resources board.
(a) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred eighty-three,
relating to the state water resources board (underground
injection control program), are authorized.
(b) The legislative rules filed in the state register on thefifteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred eighty-
three, relating to the state water resources board (special
regulations), are authorized.
(c) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
third day of August, one thousand nine hundred eighty-three,
relating to the state water resources board (groundwater
protection standards), are authorized.
(d) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
fifteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred eighty-
three, relating to the state water resources board (state
national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) program),
are authorized.
(e) The Legislature hereby authorizes and directs the state
water resources board to promulgate rules relating to water
quality standards in exact conformity with the rules relating to
water quality standards tendered to the secretary of state on the
seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred eighty-four, by
the executive secretary of the state water resources board, to be
received and filed for inclusion in the state register by the
secretary of state.
(f) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
seventeenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred eighty-
five, and modified by the state water resources board to meet the
objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and
refiled in the state register on the twenty-fourth day of
February, one thousand nine hundred eighty-seven, relating to the
state water resources board (special regulations), areauthorized.
(g) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred eighty-five,
modified by the water resources board to meet the objections of
the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the
state register on the thirteenth day of February, one thousand
nine hundred eighty-five, relating to the water resources board
(water quality standards), are authorized.
(h) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
seventeenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred eighty-
five, modified by the state water resources board to meet the
objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and
refiled in the state register on the eighth day of January, one
thousand nine hundred eighty-seven, and further modified by the
state water resources board to meet the objections of the
legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state
register on the twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand nine
hundred eighty-seven, relating to the state water resources board
(water quality standards), are authorized.
(i) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
seventeenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred eighty-
five, modified by the state water resources board to meet the
objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and
refiled in the state register on the eighth day of January, one
thousand nine hundred eighty-seven, and further modified by the
state water resources board to meet the objections of the
legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the stateregister on the twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand nine
hundred eighty-seven, relating to the state water resources board
(state national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES)
program), are authorized.
(j) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
seventeenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred eighty-
five, and modified by the state water resources board to meet the
objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and
refiled in the state register on the twenty-fourth day of
February, one thousand nine hundred eighty-seven, relating to the
state water resources board (underground injection control
program), are authorized.
(k) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
seventeenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred eighty-
five, and modified by the state water resources board to meet the
objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and
refiled in the state register on the twenty-fourth day of
February, one thousand nine hundred eighty-seven, relating to the
state water resources board (special regulations), are
authorized.
(l) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred eighty-seven,
relating to the water resources board (water quality standards),
are authorized.
(m) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
fourteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred eighty-
eight, relating to the water resources board (water qualitystandards), are authorized.
(n) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety,
relating to the water resources board (requirements governing
water quality standards), are authorized.
(o) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
twenty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one,
modified by the water resources board to meet the objections of
the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the
state register on the sixteenth day of February, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-three, relating to the water resources board
(requirements governing water quality standards), are authorized
with the amendment set forth below:
On page nineteen, by striking out all of subdivision 8.2.c.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Water
Resources Board to promulgate legislative rules relating to
requirements governing water quality standards.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.