Senate 260

West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 260

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 control of air pollution from hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 3. Authorization for Department of envirnomental 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 (control of air pollution from hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities, 45 CSR 25), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to control of air pollution from hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.

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