45 CSR 26
H. B. 2812


(By Delegates Brown, D. Poling, Talbott, Miley, Overington and Sobonya)

[Introduced February 25, 2009; referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary.]




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 Nox budget trading program as a means of control and reduction of nitrogen oxides from electric generating units.

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-ninth day of August, two thousand eight, authorized under the authority of section four, article five, chapter twenty-two, of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (Nox budget trading program as a means of control and reduction of nitrogen oxides from electric generating units, 45 CSR 26), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Nox Budget Trading Program as a Means of Control and Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides from Electric Generating Units.

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