H. B. 2624

(By Delegates Poore, Marcum, Fleischauer, Frich, Eldridge, and Sobonya.)
          [Introduced February 25, 2013; 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 WV/NPDES regulations for coal mining facilities.
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-eighth day of August, two thousand twelve, authorized under the authority of section four, article eleven, chapter twenty-two, of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (WV/NPDES regulations for coal mining facilities, 47 CSR 30 ), is authorized.

     NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the WV/NPDES Regulations for Coal Mining Facilities.

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