Bill-DEP, O & G Wells
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
sixteen, relating to authorizing the division of
environmental protection to promulgate legislative rules
relating to oil and gas wells and other wells.
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
sixteen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, LABOR AND
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-3-16. Division of environmental protection.
The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
third day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two,
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 nineteenth day of February,one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, relating to the division
of environmental protection (oil and gas wells and other wells),
are authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division
of Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules
relating to oil and gas wells and other wells.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.