Senate Bill No. 133

(By Senator Snyder)

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[Introduced January 8, 2014; 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 permits for construction and major modification of major stationary sources which cause or contribute to nonattainment areas.

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 July 22, 2013, authorized under the authority of section four, article five, chapter twenty-two of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (permits for construction and major modification of major stationary sources which cause or contribute to nonattainment areas, 45 CSR 19), is authorized.

    NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to permits for construction and major modification of major stationary sources which cause or contribute to nonattainment areas.

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