ENGROSSED
Senate Bill No. 2002
(By Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, and Sprouse,
By Request of the Executive)
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[Introduced June 9, 2002.]
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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
one-a, relating to legislative rules of the department of
environmental protection; authorizing promulgation of a
legislative rule relating to surface mining and reclamation;
and making a technical correction to a legislative rule
relating to water quality standards and implementation.
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 one-
a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-3-1a. Supplemental Rule Authorization.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the nineteenth day of April, two thousand two, authorized under the
authority of section four, article three, chapter twenty-two of
this code, relating to the department of environmental protection
(surface mining and reclamation, 38 CSR 2) is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the
second day of July, two thousand one, authorized under the
authority of section seven-b, article eleven, chapter twenty-two
of this code, relating to the department of environmental
protection (antidegradation implementation procedures, 60 CSR 5),
is reauthorized with the following amendment:
On page two, subsection 2.6 after the words "46CSR1-2" by
adding the following words: "effective May 17, 2001".