H. C. R. 26--"Approving and authorizing the use of closure
cost assistance fund moneys for the safe closure of landfills in
accordance with the plan submitted by the office of Waste
Management of the Division of Environmental Protection.
Whereas
, This Legislature did enact S. B. 18 in October of
1991 to comprehensively regulate and manage solid waste; and
Whereas
, The Governor did sign said legislation and it
became law; and
Whereas
, The legislation at section thirteen, article
five-n, chapter twenty of the code of West virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, did require a statewide
closure plan to be developed by the Division of Environmental
Protection in consultation with the Public Service Commission;
and
Whereas
, The plan was developed and submitted in a timely
fashion to the Legislature; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the statewide closure plan, as submitted, is approved
and spending for the purposes set forth by statute is hereby
authorized and may commence from passage of this resolution; and,
be it
Further Resolved
, That the Division of Environmental
Protection shall report annually, by the thirty-first day of
December of each calendar year, how funds have been spent in the
preceding fiscal year and how funds are projected to be spent in
the succeeding fiscal year until all funds are spent or all
landfills are closed and all post-closure monitoring periods have
expired.
Further Resolved
, That the Clerk of the House of Delegatesis hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to David
C. Callaghan, Director of the Division of Environmental
Protection.