WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2022 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4124

BY Delegate Foster

[Introduced January 18, 2022; Referred to the 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 Underground Injection Control.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

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 July 30, 2021, authorized under the authority of §22-11-8 of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (Underground Injection Control, 47 CSR 13), is authorized.

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Underground Injection Control.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.