WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2025 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 2803
By Delegate Pinson
[Introduced February 21, 2025; referred to the Committee on Energy and Public Works]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated ยง17C-4-18, relating to providing for environmental cleanup for motor vehicle crashes.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
## ARTICLE 4. accidents.
(a) In the event of a motor vehicle crash, or any other environmental hazard, any first responder who arrives on the scene may notify the public safety answering point (PAP) and request a West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP") approved, environmental cleanup company to respond to the scene, in the event of hazardous materials being released into the environment.
(b) Should a first responder contact a DEP approved, environmental cleanup company through the provision set forth in subsection (a) of this section, the West Virginia DEP shall ensure the containment, cleanup, and reclamation takes place in a timely and satisfactory manner.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for environmental cleanup for motor vehicle crashes.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.