SB823 SFAT Rucker #1 3-26

Fletcher  7835

Senator Rucker moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill 823—A BILL to amend and reenact §15-5B-3a and §15-5C-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to revising the statutes to clarify and separate duties identified in the code between the Division of Emergency Management and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection according to what each agency has the resources and expertise to fulfill; delegating the duties of investigation of industrial facility emergency events and emergency incidents by well and pipeline operators that are reported to the Division of Emergency Management; implementing fines and penalties imposed upon industrial facilities and well and pipeline operators to the Department of Environmental Protection; and establishing fund into which civil penalties are to be deposited.

Adopted

Rejected