Subject Environmental Protection | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| WV | HB2352 | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that a mine operator's obligations under the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act do not pass to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection at bond forfeiture sites where the West Virginia Dep... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Chapter 129, Acts, 2013 |
| WV | HB2571 | The purpose of this bill is to permit individuals from state departments and agencies, except the Department of Environmental Protection, who have received a significant portion of his or her income, during a two-year period, from national pollutant ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Chapter 77, Acts, 2013 |
| WV | HB2590 | Creating a public nonprofit corporation and governmental instrumentality to collectively address several environmental and economic development programs [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Chapter 38, Acts, 2013 |
| WV | HB2579 | The purpose of this bill is to protect state waters by creating an implementation plan to establish state specific selenium criteria. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Chapter 205, Acts, 2013 |
| WV | HB3124 | Relating to floodplain and mudslide area management [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-13 From Special Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on House Calendar |
| WV | SB563 | The purpose of this bill is to exclude platinum, gold, silver and palladium from the definition of "scrap metal" as it relates to purchases of scrap metal by scrap metal dealers. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-01 |
| WV | SB629 | Limiting liability of landowners, operators and contractors in water pollution abatement projects [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-27 |
| WV | SB627 | Requiring certain post-mining land use reclamation utilize Clements State Tree Nursery [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-27 |
| WV | HB3089 | Requiring the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health to conduct a public health impact statement [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 |
| WV | HB3153 | Relating to retailer electronic waste collection [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 |
| WV | SB633 | Providing residents in residential community can waive prohibition against establishment of salvage yard [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 |
| WV | HB3143 | Creating an environmental awareness program in the West Virginia School system [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 |
| WV | SB598 | Qualifying certain NPDES permit holders for Environmental Quality Board membership [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| WV | SB621 | The purpose of this bill is to require the Commissioner of Bureau for Public Health to conduct a public health impact statement assessing the health impact of any new air or water rule, or modification of an existing air or water rule, proposed by th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| WV | HB3046 | The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Environmental Protection to issue a procedural rule to allow surface owners a right to a hearing and appeal of a decision of the department to issue, condition or deny a permit for certain well... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| WV | HB3075 | The purpose of this bill is permit the disposal of drill cuttings and associated drilling mud generated from well sites in solid waste landfills, even if the disposal pushes the landfill above its maximum monthly permitted limits. The bill provides t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| WV | HB3071 | The purpose of this bill is to establish an administrative and civil enforcement process for coal mining-related National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)permit holders that conforms with corresponding federal requirements. This sectio... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| WV | SB342 | Creating The WV Land Stewardship Corporation Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| WV | HB3031 | Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to maintain an Office of Internal Auditing [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| WV | SB585 | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that this section applies to mold and clarify that repairs must be made by the landlord if a tenant is up to date on rent at the time the tenant complains about a condition of the premises. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| WV | HB3001 | The purpose of this bill is to require, as part of a removal-plan, a composite soil sampling and testing be performed on the ground area underneath a pit or impoundment after it has been drained and the plastic removed. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| WV | SB472 | The purpose of this bill is to protect state waters by creating an implementation plan to establish state specific selenium criteria. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 |
| WV | HB2862 | The purpose of this bill is to extend from three weeks to a reasonable time after the close of the public comment period the time in which the Department of Environmental Protection must hold an informal conference on a surface-mining permit applicat... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 |
| WV | HB2593 | Establishing a water quality-based effluent limit for selenium discharges [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-21 |
| WV | HB2535 | The purpose of this bill is to create the Intrastate Coal and Use Act establishing that the environmental regulation of coal. The bill also creates the Intrastate Oil and Natural Gas and Use Act establishing that the environmental regulation of oil ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-19 |
| WV | SB19 | The purpose of this bill is to provide a credit against personal income tax for fees paid for recycling, not to exceed $600. The bill also grants rule-making authority. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | SB14 | Granting counties and municipalities limited exemption from litter laws [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2419 | The purpose of this bill is to require dual liners in all new surface impoundments and to require regulations relating to the planning, constructing and maintenance of the liners, including that no impoundment may be situated closer than three miles ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2406 | The purpose of this bill is to require the supervisory officers of the offices within the Department of Environmental Protection to monitor litigation challenging state statutes affecting the production of natural resources in West Virginia; and to r... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2362 | The purpose of this bill is to require the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection to develop specific standards to control levels of total dissolved solids in the states rivers and streams. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2347 | The purpose of this bill is to establish a program to recycle beverage containers and reduce litter. The bill requires the use of returnable containers for many beverages and requires the use of a five cent deposit; exempts deposits on containers fro... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2304 | Adding oil and gas facilities, wells, pipelines and tanks to the coordinated statewide program of air pollution prevention [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2292 | Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to remediate any waste tire pile in the state consisting of more than twenty-five tires [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2286 | Allowing the Division of Energy to develop an energy related public relations campaign focused on educating the Washington, D.C. area and the federal government about West Virginia coal [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2214 | Intrastate Coal and Use Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2211 | Imposing advanced recovery fees on consumers for the purchase of electronic devices [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2183 | Requiring all final actions by the Department of Environmental Protection regarding coal mine permits to be completed within six months [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2152 | Requiring flowback plans for all work on oil and gas wells [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2143 | Requiring liners in all new surface coal-waste impoundments and requiring regulations relating to the planning, constructing and maintenance of the liners [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2141 | Renewable Portfolio Standards Sustainable Energy Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2118 | West Virginia Renewable Energy Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2066 | Requiring the posting of material data safety sheets and documentation of fracking fluid components [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2062 | Studying the environmental and health impacts of shale gas development [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2044 | Relating to air pollution control [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | SB50 | The purpose of this bill is to creates the nonprofit West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Act. The bill makes findings, declaring policy and stating its purpose. The bill defines terms. The bill enumerates powers. The bill establishes a board o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
