DEP, Mining 38csr2
H. B. 2680
(By Delegates Mahan, Palumbo,
Cann, Pino, Armstead and Overington)
[Introduced February 28, 2005; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend §64-3 of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new
section, designated §1, relating to authorizing the Department
of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule
relating to West Virginia surface mining reclamation.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §64-3 of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new
section, designated §1, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR BUREAU OF ENVIRONMENT TO PROMULGATE
LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-3-1. Department of Environmental Protection.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the
twenty-seventh day of August, two thousand four, under the
authority of section four, article three-a, chapter twenty-two, of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection
(West Virginia surface mining reclamation, 38 CSR 2), is
authorized.
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.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.