HB4098 H ENG AMT

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The Committee on Energy and Manufacturing moves to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

H. B. 4098 – “A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §22-33-1, §22-33-2, §22-33-3, §22-33-4, §22-33-5, §22-33-6, §22-33-7, §22-33-8, and §22-33-9, all relating to geothermal energy development; defining terms; applying the article to geothermal resources at temperatures above a minimum temperature and a minimum volumetric flow rate as set forth by the Department of Environmental Protection; clarifying and designating ownership rights to geothermal resources; providing findings and declaring geothermal resources as neither mineral nor water; defining the powers and duties of the department; providing for rule making authority by the department; establishing permitting authority; setting parameters and parameter review and revisions; providing for waste disposal and reinjection of spent fluids; providing for cancellation or rejection of permits by the department under certain circumstances; providing for civil penalties and injunctions for violations of law, rules, or permits; assigning judicial jurisdiction for review; and establishing judicial relief.”

Adopted

Rejected