Bill-DEP, Acid Rain
H. B. 2151
(By Delegates Gallagher, Douglas, Compton,
Linch, Faircloth and Riggs)
(Introduced January 23, 1995; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.)
A BILL to amend chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto
a new article, designated article three-b, relating to
authorizing the division of environmental protection to
promulgate legislative rules relating to acid rain provisions
and permits.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding
thereto a new article, designated article three-b, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 3B. AUTHORIZATION FOR BUREAU OF ENVIRONMENT TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-3B-1. Division of environmental protection.
The legislative rules filed in the state register on the twelfth
day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, modified by the
division of environmental protection to meet the objections of the
legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state
register on the twenty-third day of November, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-four, relating to the division of environmental
protection (acid rain provisions and permits), are authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of
Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules relating to
acid rain provisions and permits.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring
have been omitted.