BILL-DEP, Dam Safety
H. B. 4255
(By Delegates Gallagher, Douglas, Compton,
Huntwork, Burk and Faircloth)
(Introduced January 31, 1994; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.)
A BILL to amend and reenact section seventeen, article three, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the division of environmental protection to promulgate legislative rules relating to dam safety.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section seventeen, article three, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, LABOR AND
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
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64-3-17. Division of environmental protection.
(a) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the eleventh day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one, 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 ninth day of November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two, relating to the division of environmental protection (operator's designation of bona fide future use of oil and gas wells - qualification for inactive status), are authorized.
(b) 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.
(c) 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 (abandoned wells), are authorized.
(d) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the eighteenth 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 (underground storage tank assessment fees), are authorized.
(e) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the eighteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two, relating to the division of environmental protection (underground storage tanks), are authorized.
(f) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the eighteenth 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 (hazardous waste management), are authorized.
(g) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the third day of March, 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 eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, relating to the division of environmental protection (groundwater protection act fee schedule), are authorized.
(h) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the sixteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, 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 twentieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to the division of environmental protection (dam safety), are authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules relating to dam safety.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.