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.