ENROLLED

Senate Bill No. 2002

(By Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, and Sprouse,

By Request of the Executive)

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[Passed June 10, 2002; in effect from passage.]

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AN ACT 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 "46 CSR 1-2" by adding the following words: "effective May 17, 2001".