Productive Energy Site Reclamation Waiver [HB-3498]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Environmental ]
[Economic Development ]
The purpose of this bill is to create the Productive Energy Site Reclamation Waiver Program to streamline the process of transferring former surface mine sites into productive sites for new energy generation projects arid to optimize the flat land for energy projects that is otherwise in short supply in the state of West Virginia.
HB-3498: Productive Energy Site Reclamation Waiver
Sponsored by: Rep. Gary Howell
Filed For Introduction on 03/18/2025
New and existing Orphan Well Prevention Act [HB-3415]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Mining ]
[Budget and Spending ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide for the prevention of oil and gas wells being orphaned on surface owner's land with no responsible driller or operator with the resources to plug the well, to provide for the procedures for prevention of orphaned wells, and to require plugging money be set aside as escrow in the Office of the State Treasurer.
HB-3415: New and existing Orphan Well Prevention Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Eldridge
Filed For Introduction on 03/17/2025
HB-3432: Revising the statutes to clarify and separate duties identified in the code between the Division of Emergency Management and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Sponsored by: Rep. David Kelly
On 2nd Reading, House Calendar on 04/01/2025
You have voted HB-3432: Revising the statutes to clarify and separate duties identified in the code between the Division of Emergency Management and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.
Relating to establishing the West Virginia Clean Water Act of 2025 [HB-3475]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to establish the West Virginia Clean Water Act of 2025 in order to enhance water quality standards, test for and remove various contaminants, and to replace lead service lines within all public water systems.
HB-3475: Relating to establishing the West Virginia Clean Water Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Rep. Evan Worrell
Filed For Introduction on 03/17/2025
New oil and Gas Well Plugging Assurance Act [HB-3416]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Mining ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to prevent new horizontally drilled oil and gas wells that in the future have ceased production with no bona fide future use from remaining unplugged after they have not produced for a continuous period of 12 months and prevent them from becoming orphaned on a surface owner's land with no responsible driller or operator with the resources to plug the well. The bill requires new wells to either post an individual single-well, full-cost plugging bond, or in the alternative to start at the beginning of production to set
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HB-3416: New oil and Gas Well Plugging Assurance Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Eldridge
Filed For Introduction on 03/17/2025
You have voted SB-3017: Relating to the regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas of certain pits used for the storage and disposal of oil and gas waste..
HB-49: Relating to the treatment and beneficial use of fluid oil and gas waste and related material, including a limitation on liability for that treatment or use.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Perry
Effective On 9/1/25 on 06/20/2025
You have voted HB-49: Relating to the treatment and beneficial use of fluid oil and gas waste and related material, including a limitation on liability for that treatment or use..
HB-5549: Relating to the regulation and planning of on-site sewage disposal systems; authorizing and increasing an administrative penalty; increasing the amount of a fee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stan Kitzman
Placed On General State Calendar on 05/15/2025
You have voted HB-5549: Relating to the regulation and planning of on-site sewage disposal systems; authorizing and increasing an administrative penalty; increasing the amount of a fee..
HB-5576: Relating to certain best management practices and to certain requirements for the design, construction, and operation of certain wind and solar power facilities in this state.
Sponsored by: Rep. Drew Darby
Read First Time on 04/07/2025
You have voted HB-5576: Relating to certain best management practices and to certain requirements for the design, construction, and operation of certain wind and solar power facilities in this state..