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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia authorizes Department of Environmental Protection rule on solid waste combustion air pollution
Last action · January 14, 2026: To House Energy and Public WorksSponsor: Doug Smith
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What This Bill Proposed
West Virginia authorizes the Department of Environmental Protection to put into effect a controlling air pollution from the combustion of solid waste, based on a filing from July 23, 2025.
The measure gives legal force to a specific state environmental regulation governing emissions from solid waste burning, affecting how facilities handling waste must manage air pollution.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Environmental Protection
The department receives legislative authorization to promulgate and enforce the specific air pollution rule.
Solid waste combustion facilities
Facilities that burn solid waste become subject to the newly authorized air pollution control rule.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Jan 14, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Energy and Public Works
- Jan 14, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced in House
- Jan 14, 2026HouseCommitteeTo Energy and Public Works
- Jan 14, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled for introduction
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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