§22-16-9. Solid Waste Closure Revenue Bonds Lawful Investments
The provisions of sections nine and ten, article six, chapter twelve of this code notwithstanding, all solid waste closure revenue bonds issued pursuant to this article are lawful investments for the West Virginia state Board of Investments and are also lawful investments for financial institutions as defined in section two, article one, chapter thirty-one-a of […]
§22-16-10. Limitation on Assistance
The director may provide closure assistance only to permittees who meet the following requirements: (1) The permittee of a landfill that does not have a liner and ceases accepting solid waste on or before November 30, 1991, except for those landfills allowed to accept solid waste pursuant to the provisions of section seventeen, article fifteen […]
§22-16-11. Application for Closure Assistance
(a) The secretary shall provide an application and application procedure for all permitees of solid waste landfills desiring to receive closure assistance under this article. (b) The secretary shall, within a reasonable time after receipt of a complete application, notify the applicant of the acceptance or rejection of the application. If the application is rejected […]
§22-16-12. Solid Waste Facility Closure Cost Assistance Fund; Closure Extension; Reporting Requirements
(a) The Solid Waste Facility Closure Cost Assistance Fund continues as a special revenue account in the State Treasury. The fund operates as a special fund in which all deposits and payments do not expire to the General Revenue Fund, but remain in the account and are available for expenditure in the succeeding fiscal year. […]
§22-16-13. Promulgation of Rules by Director
The director shall promulgate rules that are necessary for the efficient and orderly implementation and administration of this article.
§22-16-14. Liability of Owner or Operator
Nothing in this article relieves the owner, operator or permittee of a landfill of the legal duties, obligations or liabilities incident to the ownership or operation of a landfill, except that the performance by the director of any of the activities set forth in subsection (b), section three of this article relieves the operator from […]
§22-16-15. Procedures for Handling Remedial Actions; Payment of Costs of Remedial Actions to Be Paid by Owner or Operator
When the director, in performing activities pursuant to this article determines action, not set forth in subsection (b), section three of this article, is necessary to prevent or remediate any adverse effects of the landfill he or she shall notify the permittee and make and enter an order directing the permittee to take corrective or […]
§22-16-16. Right of Entry
The director or his or her duly authorized representatives have the right, upon presentation of proper identification, to enter upon any property for the purpose of conducting studies or exploratory work to determine the existence of adverse effects of a landfill, to determine the feasibility of the remediation or prevention of such adverse effects and […]
§22-16-17. Authority of Director to Accept Grants and Gifts
The director has the authority, on behalf of the Division of Environmental Protection, to accept for deposit in the closure cost assistance fund established in section twelve of this article, all gifts, grants, property, funds, security interest, money, materials, labor, supplies or services from the United States of America or from any governmental unit or […]
§22-16-18. Management and Control of Project
(a) The director shall manage and control all projects, and may make and enter into all contracts or agreements necessary and incidental to the performance of the duties imposed under this article. (b) On or before December 31, 1992, the director, in consultation with the Public Service Commission, shall complete a statewide closure plan, a […]