West Virginia Legislature
2025 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill Number
BY Delegate D. Smith
[Introduced on; referred
to the Committee on]
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.
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.