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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

Senate Bill No. 243

(By Senator Snyder)

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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;

reported March 22, 2013.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact article 3, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating generally to the promulgation of administrative rules by the Department of Environmental Protection; legislative mandate or authorization for the promulgation of certain legislative rules by various executive or administrative agencies of the state; authorizing certain of the agencies to promulgate certain legislative rules with various modifications presented to and recommended by the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee; authorizing certain of the agencies to promulgate certain legislative rules in the form that the rules were filed in the State Register; authorizing certain of the agencies to promulgate certain legislative rules with various modifications presented to and recommended by the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and as amended by the Legislature; authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to covered electronic devices recycling; authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to hazardous waste administrative proceedings and civil penalty assessment; authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to horizontal well development; authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to permits for construction and major modification of major stationary sources for the prevention of significant deterioration of air quality; authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to standards of performance for new stationary sources; authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the control of air pollution from the combustion of solid waste; authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the control of air pollution from hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities; authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to requirements for operating permits; authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to emission standards for hazardous air pollutants; authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to water pollution control permit fee schedules; and authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the WV/NPDES regulations for coal mining facilities.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That article 3, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-3-1. Department of Environmental Protection.

    (a) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 30, 2012, authorized under the authority of section twenty-nine, article fifteen-a, chapter twenty-two of this code, modified by the Department of Environmental Protection to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on December 13, 2012, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (covered electronic devices recycling, 33 CSR 12), is authorized with the following amendment:

    On page two, paragraph 4.1.b.1., by striking out all of paragraph 4.1.b.1. and inserting in lieu thereof a new paragraph 4.1.b.1., to read as follows:

    4.1.b.1. Within one year after the effective date of this rule, receiving, storage, operations and shipping areas must be under a roof or in an enclosed area sufficient to prevent stormwater contamination.

    (b) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 24, 2012, authorized under the authority of section seventeen, article eighteen, chapter twenty-two of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (hazardous waste administrative proceedings and civil penalty assessment, 33 CSR 27), is authorized.

    (c) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on September 4, 2012, authorized under the authority of section six, article six-a, chapter twenty-two of this code, modified by the Department of Environmental Protection to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on February 14, 2013, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (horizontal well development, 35 CSR 8), is authorized with the following amendments:

    On page two, after subsection 2.12., by inserting a new subsection 2.13. to read as follows:

    2.13. “Health care professional” means a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, or emergency medical technician licensed by the State of West Virginia.

    And renumbering the remaining subsections;

    And,

    On pages twenty-three and twenty-four, by striking out all of subsection 10.1. and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection 10.1. to read as follows:

    10.1. Well Records Made During Permitted Work - The well operator or its contractor (service provider, drilling contractor or other contractor, as appropriate) shall keep at the well location a copy of the application as permitted, including the associated plat and plans required by section 5 of this rule. The well operator or its contractor (service provider, drilling contractor or other contractor, as appropriate) shall also make and preserve at the well location accurate records of all well work performed pursuant to the permit, including documentation by the contractor or person performing the cementing services of the time of completion of cementing and the volume of cement used for the cementing of all casing operations. The records shall be complete enough to support, as applicable, the entries of well work done and related data on Form WR-35, “Well Operator’s Report of Well Work”, Form WR-36, “Well Operator’s Report of Initial Gas-Oil Ratio Test”, and Form WR-38, “Affidavit of Plugging and Filling Well”, but these forms shall reflect information discovered or changes made after the permitted well work has been finished and before the reports are filed. The records made and preserved at the well location and the recordings made on Form WR-35 shall include, but not be limited to, indications of caverns, open mines or other voids, whether the freshwater casing cement circulated to the surface, and the efforts made to fill the annular space and the results. Unless the records of well work performed are prepared by the well operator or owner, a copy of all the records shall be delivered to the well owner or operator, except for those records the contractor (service provider, drilling contractor or other contractor, as appropriate) designates as a confidential trade secret.

    10.1.a. As part of the well completion report (Form WR-35), the operator or its service provider shall list all the additives used in the hydraulic fracturing or stimulation process, including each additive’s specific trade name, supplier, and purpose. The operator or its service provider shall also list each chemical of each additive intentionally added to a base fluid for the purpose of preparing a fracturing fluid, along with each chemical’s CAS registry number, if applicable, its maximum concentration in the additive, and its maximum concentration as added to the base fluid, and the volume of the base fluid used. The concentrations shall be expressed as a mass percent. The operator or service provider may designate the information regarding the specific identity or concentration or both of a chemical as a confidential trade secret not to be disclosed to the agency or anyone else except in the event of an investigation by the office, medical emergency, or for diagnostic or treatment purposes involving the designated chemical, pursuant to subdivisions 10.1.d. and 10.1.e. below.

    10.1.b. The operator or service provider shall fulfill the additive reporting requirement of subdivision 10.1.a. above by submitting the information to the office and the FracFocus Chemical Disclosure Registry.

    10.1.c. As part of the well completion report (Form WR-35), the operator shall report the volumes of fluids pumped and treatment pressures recorded throughout the hydraulic fracturing process.

    10.1.d. In the event of an investigation by the office involving a chemical designated as a confidential trade secret, the operator or service provider shall provide the specific identity of the chemical, the concentration of the chemical, or both the specific identity and concentration of the chemical, as needed, to the agency upon receipt of notification from the chief or his or her designee stating that such information is necessary in connection with an investigation by the office. Upon receipt of such notification of need, such information shall be disclosed by the operator or service provider, as applicable, directly to the chief or his or her designee and shall in no way be construed as publicly available. The chief or designee may disclose information regarding the specific identity of a chemical, the concentration of a chemical, or both the specific identity and concentration of a chemical claimed to be a confidential trade secret to additional agency staff members to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to allow the agency staff member receiving the information to assist in such an investigation by the office, provided that such individuals shall not disseminate the information further and such information shall at all times be considered confidential and shall not be construed as publicly available. Upon request by the operator or service provider, and where a notification of need is provided orally, the chief shall execute a written statement of need indicating that the information was necessary in connection with an investigation by the office.

    10.1.e. The operator or service provider shall provide the specific identity of a chemical designated as a confidential trade secret, the concentration of the chemical designated as a confidential trade secret, or both the specific identity and concentration of the chemical designated as a confidential trade secret, as needed, upon request to a health care professional in a medical emergency, or for diagnostic or treatment purposes, so long as the requesting health care professional executes a confidentiality agreement and provides a written statement of need for the information, indicating that the information is necessary for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment of an individual and that knowledge of the requested information will assist in the diagnosis or treatment of an individual. In the case of an emergency, the operator or service provider shall immediately disclose the information to the health care professional upon verbal acknowledgment by the health care professional that the information will not be used for purposes other than diagnosis or treatment and that the health care professional will maintain the information as confidential. Upon request by the operator or service provider, the health care professional shall execute a confidentiality agreement and written statement of need as provided above as soon as circumstances permit.

    (d) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 15, 2012, authorized under the authority of section four, article five, chapter twenty-two of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (permits for construction and major modification of major stationary sources for the prevention of significant deterioration of air quality, 45 CSR 14), is authorized.

    (e) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 14, 2012, authorized under the authority of section four, article five, chapter twenty-two of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (standards of performance for new stationary sources, 45 CSR 16), is authorized.

    (f) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 15, 2012, authorized under the authority of section four, article five, chapter twenty-two of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (control of air pollution from combustion of solid waste, 45 CSR 18), is authorized.

    (g) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 15, 2012, authorized under the authority of section four, article five, chapter twenty-two of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (control of air pollution from hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facilities, 45 CSR 25), is authorized.

    (h) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 15, 2012, authorized under the authority of section four, article five, chapter twenty-two of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (requirements for operating permits, 45 CSR 30), is authorized.

    (i) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 15, 2012, authorized under the authority of section four, article five, chapter twenty-two of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (emission standards for hazardous air pollutants, 45 CSR 34), is authorized.

    (j) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 30, 2012, authorized under the authority of section ten, article eleven, chapter twenty-two of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (water pollution control permit fee schedules, 47 CSR 26), is authorized.

    (k) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 28, 2012, authorized under the authority of section four, article eleven, chapter twenty-two of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (WV/NPDES regulations for coal mining facilities, 47 CSR 30), is authorized.

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