Bill-EQB, Water Quality
H. B. 2164
(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 environmental quality board to promulgate
legislative rules relating to the requirements governing water
quality standards.
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. Environmental quality board.
The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
fifteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four,
modified by the environmental quality board to meet the objections of
the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state
register on the twelfth day of January, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-five, relating to the environmental quality board
(requirements governing water quality standards), are authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the
Environmental Quality Board to promulgate legislative rules relating
to requirements governing water quality standards.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring
have been omitted.