Bill-DEP, Coal Prep
H. B. 2156
(By Delegates Gallagher, Douglas, Compton,
Linch, Faircloth and Riggs)
(Introduced January 23, 1995; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.)
A BILL to amend chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto
a new article, designated article three-b, relating to
authorizing the division of environmental protection to
promulgate legislative rules relating to the prevention and
control of air pollution from the operation of coal preparation
plants and coal handling operations.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding
thereto a new article, designated article three-b, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 3B. AUTHORIZATION FOR BUREAU OF ENVIRONMENT TO PROMULGATE
LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-3B-1. Division of environmental protection.
The legislative rules filed in the state register on the twelfth
day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, modified by the
division of environmental protection to meet the objections of the
legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state
register on the twenty-ninth day of December, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-four, relating to the division of environmental
protection (to prevent and control air pollution from the operation
of coal preparation plants and coal handling operations), are
authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of
Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules relating to
the prevention and control of air pollution from the operation of
coal preparation plants and coal handling operations.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring
have been omitted.