Senate Bill No. 166

(By Senator Snyder)

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[Introduced January 14, 2015; referred to the Committee on Energy, Industry and Mining; and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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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 the WV/NPDES rule for coal mining facilities.

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 28, 2014, authorized under the authority of section three, article one, chapter twenty-two, of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (WV/NPDES rule for coal mining facilities, 47 CSR 30), is authorized.

            NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the WV/NPDES Rule for Coal Mining Facilities.

            This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.