§22-32-8. Decommissioning Agreements
Decommissioning agreements entered by wind and solar facilities not exempted from this Act shall address, at a minimum: (a) The term and scope of the agreement, including access and easement rights for decommissioning activities thereunder; (b) The establishment of a bond or fund for decommissioning activities; provisions governing the same; initial balances; and whether an […]
§22-33-1. Short Title
This article shall be known and cited as the Geothermal Resources Act.
§22-33-2. Legislative Findings; Declaration of Policy
(a) The Legislature finds that: (1) A geothermal resource is a reservoir inside the Earth from which heat can be extracted economically compared to other conventional sources of energy and used for generating electric power or any other suitable industrial, commercial, agricultural, residential, or domestic application in the future;
§22-33-3. Applicability; Exceptions
The provisions of this article shall apply to geothermal resources at temperatures and volumetric flow rates established by the secretary by legislative rule: Provided, That this article shall not apply to geothermal heating and cooling heat pump systems for private residential dwellings and farm buildings and any geothermal system regulated pursuant to section 10 of […]
§22-33-4. Ownership of Geothermal Resources
(a) Ownership of any geothermal resource is vested in the owner of the surface property overlying the geothermal resource unless severance of the geothermal resource is clear and unambiguous in an instrument conveying or reserving ownership of the geothermal resource. (b) No mineral or water estate shall be construed to include any geothermal resource unless […]
§22-33-5. Definitions
As used in this article: (a) “Correlative right” means the right of each geothermal owner in a geothermal system to produce without waste his or her just and equitable share of the geothermal resource in the geothermal system. (b) “Geothermal energy” means the usable energy that is produced or that can be produced from a […]
§22-30-26. Secretary's Authority to Require Individual Npdes Permits Within a Zone of Critical Concern
Any person who holds a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System general permit pursuant to the federal Water Pollution Control Act or the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act, article eleven of this chapter, for a site that contains one or more regulated aboveground storage tanks may be required by the secretary to apply for and […]
§22-31-1. Short Title
This article may be known and cited as the Public Water Supply Protection Act.
§22-31-2. Public Water System Supply Study Commission
(a) There is hereby established the Public Water System Supply Study Commission which is created for the purpose of studying and reporting back to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance on the following subject matters: (1) A review and assessment of the effectiveness and the quality of information contained in updated source water protection […]
§22-32-1. Legislative Findings and Purpose
(a) The Legislature finds that the State of West Virginia has an interest in assuring that wind generation facilities and solar generation facilities are properly decommissioned and reclaimed once the facility has been permanently closed. (b) The Legislature further finds that the most efficient manner by which to protect the citizens of the State of […]