Bill Text: WV SB261 | 2026 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: DEP rule relating to emission standards for hazardous air pollutants

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-01-29 - Reported in Com. Sub. for S. B. 256 [SB261 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2026-SB261-Introduced.html

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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 261

By Senator Rucker

[Introduced January 15, 2026; referred
to the Committee on 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 emission standards for hazardous air pollutants.

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 23, 2025, authorized under the authority of §22-5-4 of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (emission standards for hazardous air pollutants, 45 CSR 34), is authorized.

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to emission standards for hazardous air pollutants.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.