H. B. 4065

         (By Delegates Poore, Marcum, Eldridge

                   and Fleischauer)

         [Introduced January 9, 2014; referred to the

         Committee on the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend and reenact article 3, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state certification of activities requiring federal licenses and permits.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That article 3, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-3-1. Department of Environmental Protection.

    The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 26, 2013, authorized under the authority of section seven, article eleven, chapter twenty-two of this code, modified by the Department of Environmental Protection to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on December 18, 2013, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (state certification of activities requiring federal licenses and permits, 47 CSR 5A), is authorized.

    NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state certification of activities requiring federal licenses and permits.

    This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.