WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2022 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 4123
BY Delegate Foster
[Introduced January 18, 2022; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Manufacturing then the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §64-3-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Requirements Governing Water Quality Standards.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
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 30, 2021, authorized under the authority of §22-11-4 of this code, modified by the Water Resources to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on December 28, 2021, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (Requirements Governing Water Quality Standards, 47 CSR 02), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Requirements Governing Water Quality Standards.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.