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ENGROSSED
Senate Bill No. 2002
(By Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, and Sprouse,
By Request of the Executive)
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[Introduced June 9, 2002.]
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A BILL to amend article three, chapter sixty-four of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
one-a, relating to legislative rules of the department of
environmental protection; authorizing promulgation of a
legislative rule relating to surface mining and reclamation;
and making a technical correction to a legislative rule
relating to water quality standards and implementation.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, chapter sixty-four of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section one-
a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-3-1a. Supplemental Rule Authorization.
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(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the nineteenth day of April, two thousand two, authorized under the
authority of section four, article three, chapter twenty-two of
this code, relating to the department of environmental protection
(surface mining and reclamation, 38 CSR 2) is authorized.
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(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the
second day of July, two thousand one, authorized under the
authority of section seven-b, article eleven, chapter twenty-two
of this code, relating to the department of environmental
protection (antidegradation implementation procedures, 60 CSR 5),
is reauthorized with the following amendment:
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On page two, subsection 2.6 after the words "46CSR1-2" by
adding the following words: "effective May 17, 2001".