DEP, Mining 38csr2
Senate Bill No. 321
(By Senators Minard, Fanning, Prezioso,
Unger, Boley and Minear)
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[Introduced February 25, 2005; 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 article 3, chapter 64 of the Code of
West Virginia, 1931, as amended, 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 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 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.