Bill Text: WV SB317 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: DEP rule relating to underground injection control
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-13 - To Judiciary [SB317 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2025-SB317-Introduced.html
West Virginia Legislature
2025 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 317
By Senator Woodrum
[Introduced February 13, 2025; 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 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 April 5, 2024, 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 with the amendments set forth below:
On page 82, by striking out the entirety of 14.13. and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection 14.13. to read as follows:
14.13. Duration of Permits. UIC permits for Class 1 and 5 wells shall be effective for a fixed term not to exceed 10 years. UIC permits for Class 2 and 3 wells shall be issued for a period up to the operating life of the facility. UIC permits for Class 6 wells shall be issued for the operating life of the facility and the post-injection site care period. The Director shall review each issued Class 2, 3, and 6 well UIC permit at least once every 5 years to determine whether it should be modified, revoked and reissued, terminated or a minor modification made.
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.
