West Virginia Code

WVC 22- CHAPTER 22. ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES.
WVC 22 - 20 - ARTICLE 20. ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATE.

WVC 22 - 20 - 1 §22-20-1. Appointment of environmental advocate; powers and duties; salary.
The director of the division of environmental protection shall appoint a person to serve as the environmental advocate within the division of environmental protection, and shall adopt and promulgate rules in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code governing and controlling the qualifications, powers and duties of the person to be appointed to the position of environmental advocate. The environmental advocate shall serve at the will and pleasure of the director, who shall also set the salary of the environmental advocate. All funding for the office of environmental advocate shall be from existing funds of the division of environmental protection. The director shall provide an office and secretarial and support staff as needed.

WVC 22 - 20 - 2 §22-20-2. Continuation of environmental advocate.
The office of environmental advocate shall continue to exist, pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code, until the first day of July, two thousand seven, unless sooner terminated, continued or reestablished pursuant to the provisions of that article.

WVC 22 - 20 - 2 §22-20-2.
Repealed.

Acts, 2010 Reg. Sess., Ch. 32.

Recent legislation affecting the Code

Citation	Year/Session	Short Title
§22 - 3 - 20 - (Amended Code) §22 - 3 - 21 - (Amended Code)	SENATE BILL - 462 PASSED - Regular Session SB462 ENR (Uploaded - 05/07/2013)	Extending time for informal conferences on surface mining permit applications
§22 - 3 - 11 - (Amended Code)	HOUSE BILL - 2352 PASSED - Regular Session HB2352 SUB ENR (Uploaded - 05/07/2013)	Clarifying that the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection does not assume a mine operator's obligations or liabilities under the Water Pollution Control Act
§22 - 11 - 6 - (Amended Code)	HOUSE BILL - 2579 PASSED - Regular Session HB2579 SUB ENR (Uploaded - 05/07/2013)	Revising state water quality standard for Selenium

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