SB357 SFAT Trump 3-2

O’Neill 7888

            Senator Trump moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

            Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill No. 357--A Bill to repeal §22A-2A-302, §22A-2A-303, §22A-2A-304, §22A-2A-305, §22A-2A-306 and §22A-2A-307 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §22-3-13 and §22-3-19 of said code; to amend and reenact §22-11-6 and §22-11-8 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §22-11-22a; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §22A-1-41; to amend and reenact §22A-1A-1 of said code; to amend and reenact §22A-2-6, §22A-2-28 and §22A-2-37 of said code; to amend and reenact §22A-2A-101, §22A-2A-301, §22A-2A-308, §22A-2A-309, §22A-2A-310, §22A-2A-402, §22A-2A-403, §22A-2A-404, §22A-2A-405, §22A-2A-501, §22A-2A-601, §22A-2A-602, §22A-2A-603 and §22A-2A-604 of said code; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §22A-2A-204a, all relating to coal mining generally; providing that discharges from waste piles do not exceed applicable water quality standards; promulgating rules regarding procedures for requesting and obtaining inactive status and rules relating to requirements for contemporaneous reclamation under West Virginia Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act; abolishing West Virginia Diesel Equipment Commission; transferring duties and responsibilities of West Virginia Diesel Equipment Commission to Director of the Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training; defining terms; providing rule-making authority; providing that rules previously approved by Diesel Equipment Commission continue in full force and effect; requiring rules for statewide hardness-based aluminum water quality criteria for protection of aquatic life; prohibiting wholesale incorporation of water quality standards into permits; modifying the scope of the permit shield as it relates to compliance with water quality standards; establishing an administrative and civil enforcement process for coal mining-related permits that conforms with corresponding federal requirements; making legislative findings; requiring suspension or revocation of a certificate held by a certified person under certain circumstances; disallowing prescription as a defense if prescription is more than one year old; setting forth requirements for movement of off-track mining equipment in areas of active workings where energized trolley wires or trolley feeder wires are present; increasing distance from the nearest working face where transportation of certain personnel in certain instances is done exclusively by rail; requiring certain equipment be readily available in certain circumstances; increasing distance of track to be maintained when a section is fully developed and being prepared for retreating; establishing criteria for the use of sideboards on shuttle cars; changing distance of shelter holes along haulage entries; and setting requirements for riders on locomotives.

Adopted

Rejected