West Virginia Legislature

2023 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 2642

BY Delegate Foster

[Introduced January 17, 2023; 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 emission standards for hazardous air pollutants.

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 21, 2022, authorized under the authority of §22-5-4 of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection  (emission standards for hazardous air pollutants, 45 CSR 34), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to emission standards for hazardous air pollutants.

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