Senate Bill No. 167
(By Senator Snyder)
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[Introduced January 14, 2015; 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 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 requirements governing water quality standards.
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 August 1, 2014, authorized under the authority of section four, article eleven, chapter twenty-two of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (requirements governing water quality standards, 47 CSR 2), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Requirements Governing Water Quality Standards.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.