47 CSR 10


Senate Bill No.389

(By Senators Minard, Fanning, Prezioso,

Unger, Boley and Facemyer)

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[Introduced January 25, 2008; 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 the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program.

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 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 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 July, two thousand seven, authorized under the authority of section four, article eleven, chapter twenty-two, of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) program, 47 CSR 10), is authorized.


NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.