2026 Regular Session
Link to Bill History on Legacy Website (Click Here)Summary: DEP rule relating to emission standards for hazardous air pollutants
PDF: sb261 intr.pdf
DOCX: SB261 INTR.docx
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.