H. B. 110


(By Delegates Phillips, Manuel and Collins)


(Originating in the House Committee on the Judiciary)



[May 20, 1993]



A BILL to amend article three, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section one-a, relating to authorizing the air pollution control commission to promulgate legislative rules relating to the prevention and control of air pollution from the operation of coal preparation plants and coal handling operations.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That article three, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section one-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, LABOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§ 64-3-1a. Air pollution control commission--Operation of coal preparation plants and coal handling operations.

The legislative rules filed in the state register on the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two, modified by the air pollution control commission to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee, refiled in the state register on the nineteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, and refiled in the state register on the twentieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, relating to the air pollution control commission (regulations to prevent and control air pollution from the operation of coal preparation plants and coal handling operations), are authorized.