45 CSR 01
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced House Bill 4027
By Delegate Smith [Introduced January 10, 2024; Referred to
Committee on Energy and Manufacturing then the Judiciary]
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1 A BILL to amend and reenact §64-3-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to
2 authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule
3 relating to alternative emission limitations during startup and shutdown operations.
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.
1 The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 28, 2023, authorized under the
2 authority of §22-5-4 of this code, modified by the Department of Environmental Protection to meet
3 the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register
4 on September 14, 2023, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (alternative
5 emission limitations during startup and shutdown operations, 45 CSR 01), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to alternative emission limitations during startup and shutdown operations.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.


Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 64-3-1