Bill-DEP Acid
Senate Bill No. 254


(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Minard, Snyder, Unger and Minear )

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[Introduced January 28, 2000; referred to the

Committee on Energy, Industry and Mining;

and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article three, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the division of environmental protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to acid rain provisions and permits.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section one, 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 BUREAU OF ENVIRONMENT TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.


§64-3-1. Division of environmental protection.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section four, article five, chapter twenty-two of this code, 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 fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, relating to the division of environmental protection (ambient air quality standards for carbon monoxide and ozone, 45 CSR 9), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section four, article five, chapter twenty-two of this code, 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 fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, relating to the division of environmental protection (standards of performance for new stationary sources, 45 CSR 16), is authorized.
(c) The legislative ruled filed in the state register on the third day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section four, article five, chapter twenty-two of this code, 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 fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, relating to the division of environmental protection (to prevent and control emissions from hospital, medical, and infectious waste incinerators, 45 CSR 24), is authorized.
(d) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the third day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section four, article five, chapter twenty-two of this code, 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 fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, relating to the division of environmental protection (to prevent and control air pollution from hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facilities, 45 CSR 25), is authorized.
(e) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirty-first fifth day of July August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight ninety-nine, authorized under the authority of section four, article five, chapter twenty-two of this code, relating to the division of environmental protection (acid rain provisions and permits, 45 CSR 33), is authorized.
(f) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section four, article five, chapter twenty-two of this code, 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-second day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, relating to the division of environmental protection (ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides and particulate matter, 45 CSR 8), is authorized.
(g) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section four, article five, chapter twenty-two of this code, 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 fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, relating to the division of environmental protection (emission standards for hazardous air pollutants pursuant to 40 CFR Part 63, 45 CSR 34), is authorized.
(h) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section fourteen, article thirteen, chapter twenty of this code, 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 second day of November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, relating to the division of environmental protection (awarding of West Virginia stream partners program grants, 60 CSR 4), is authorized.
(i) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section three, article one, chapter twenty-two of this code, 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-second day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, relating to the division of environmental protection (surface mining and reclamation regulations, 38 CSR 2), is authorized.
(j) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section five, article fifteen, chapter twenty-two of this code 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 seventh day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety- eight, relating to the division of environmental protection (solid waste management, 33 CSR 1), is authorized.
(k) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section twenty, article fifteen, chapter twenty-two of this code, 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 twentieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, relating to the division of environmental protection (sewage sludge management, 33 CSR 2), is authorized.
(l) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the third day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section six, article eighteen, chapter twenty-two of this code, 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 second day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, relating to the division of environmental protection (hazardous waste management, 33 CSR 20), is authorized.
(m) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section six, article two, chapter twenty-two-c of this code, relating to the division of environmental protection (state construction grants program, 47 CSR 33), is authorized.
(n) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section six, article one, chapter twenty-two of this code, 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-second day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, relating to the division of environmental protection (pollution prevention and compliance assistance rule, 47 CSR 3), is authorized.
(o) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section three, article two, chapter twenty-two-c of this code, 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 second day of November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, relating to the division of environmental protection (state water pollution control revolving fund program, 47 CSR 31), is authorized.
(p) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the seventh day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, relating to the division of environmental protection (underground storage tank insurance trust fund, 33 CSR 32), are authorized.


NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Environmental Protection
to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Acid Rain Provisions And Permits .

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.