BILL-DEP, Solid Waste Closure
Senate Bill No. 164
(By Senators Anderson, Grubb and Minard)
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[Introduced January 31, 1994; referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources; and then to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
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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 the solid waste
landfill closure assistance program.
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.
§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 andrefiled 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 tankassessment 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
twenty-third day of April, 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
twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand nine hundredninety-three, relating to the division of environmental
protection (solid waste landfill closure assistance program), are
authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division
of Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules
relating to the Solid Waste Management Landfill Closure
Assistance Program.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.