WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 4038
By Delegate Smith
[Introduced January 10, 2024 ; Referred
to Committee on Energy and Manufacturing then the Judiciary ]
A BILL to amend and reenact §64-3-1 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 control of greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal-fired electric utility generating units.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 28, 2023, authorized under the authority of §22-5-4 of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (control of greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal-fired electric utility generating units, 45 CSR 44), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the control of greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal-fired electric utility generating units.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.