| State | Bill Number | Summary/Title | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WV | SCR65 | Legislative status for West Virginia WV Senate Concurrent Resolution SCR65 | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-03-11 |
| WV | SCR66 | Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study economic impact of oil and gas drillers' capture rule | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-03-11 |
| WV | SB509 | The purpose of this bill is to require the supervisory officers of the offices within the Department of Environmental Protection to monitor litigation challenging state statutes affecting the production of natural resources in West Virginia; and to r... Read more | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-02-23 |
| WV | SB655 | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit new permits or modifications and renewals of existing permits for the underground injection of coal slurry. | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-02-22 |
| WV | SB682 | The purpose of this bill is to replace archaic terminology for surveyors and to eliminate the need for engineers to prepare certain plats. | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-02-22 |
| WV | SB617 | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the exploration for or development of minerals by cotenants and their lessees and require payment to nonworking cotenants of their proportionate share of net proceeds. It also provides that cotenant mineral d... Read more | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-02-19 |
| WV | SB601 | The purpose of the bill is to preserve and protect family cemeteries by clarifying procedures for protection of graves and burial sites; and enhancing the opportunity for access to cemeteries on private land. | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-02-18 |
| WV | SB590 | Legislative status for West Virginia WV Senate Bill SB590 | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-02-17 |
| WV | SB591 | The purpose of this bill is to change the composition of the Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety. | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-02-17 |
| WV | SB593 | The purpose of this bill is to use of mineral rights to benefit state agencies, institutions or departments. | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-02-17 |
| WV | HB4198 | The purpose of this bill is to extend the expired term of a member of the Oil and Gas Inspectors' Examining Board until such time as the member's successor is appointed and qualified. | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-02-16 |
| WV | SB529 | The purpose of this bill is to create the "Surface Owners' Rights Recognition Act." The bill protects the rights of surface owners of property where oil or gas wells are to be located. The bill makes legislative findings. The bill also requ... Read more | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-02-10 |
| WV | SB502 | This bill shall require all final actions by the Department of Environmental Protection regarding coal mine permits to be completed within six months after the applicant provides all information required for a final decision to be made on said applic... Read more | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-02-08 |
| WV | SB432 | The purpose of this bill is to change the definitions of renewable energy resource and recycled energy. | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-02-02 |
| WV | SB355 | The purpose of this bill is to extend the expired term of a member of the Oil and Gas Inspectors' Examining Board until such time as the member's successor is appointed and qualified. | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-01-27 |
| WV | SB193 | The purpose of this bill is to require well operators to file reports with the Department of Environmental Protection and the State Geological and Economic Survey. Provides for the delivery of core samples and well cuttings to the State Geological a... Read more | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB31 | The purpose of this bill is to allow the Director of the Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training flexibility when determining the appropriate penalty to impose against operators who fail to provide immediate notice upon the occurrence of a mini... Read more | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB60 | The purpose of this bill is to require lessors of subsurface rights to state with specificity what surface rights are also being acquired. The bill also provides that if no surface rights are being acquired, the lease or the contract to lease will s... Read more | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB61 | The purpose of this bill is to require all contracts for the sale or lease of land over five acres to state with specificity the estates being transferred and, if any, the estates being reserved. The bill also requires that if no estate is reserved, ... Read more | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB101 | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit new permits or modifications of existing permits for underground injection of coal slurry until the studies required by Senate Concurrent Resolution 15, dated March 9, 2007, are submitted to the Legislature and... Read more | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB111 | The purpose of this bill is to correct antiquated language with respect to the state agencies charged with cooperating with the Department of Environmental Protection to ensure that permit applicants comply with certain fiscal and reporting requireme... Read more | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB112 | The purpose of this bill is to allow penalties collected under the Department of Environmental Protection's blasting program to be deposited in the Special Reclamation Fund. | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB168 | The purpose of this bill is to establish when a shippers permit is required for transporting coal. The bill provides sanctions for failure to pay certain assessments and revises the methodology for calculation of administrative sanctions and penal... Read more | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB509 | The purpose of this bill is to create the Office of Energy Advisor within the Division of Environmental Protection, to advise the Governor of the status of the energy industry in the state. It also creates a Standing Committee of the Legislature to ... Read more | To Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2009-03-09 |
| WV | SB396 | The purpose of this bill is to authorize and regulate the carbon dioxide sequestration and storage of carbon dioxide and to clarify the issue of pore space ownership. | To Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2009-02-26 |
| WV | SB240 | Legislative status for West Virginia WV Senate Bill SB240 | To Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2009-02-12 |
| WV | SB5 | The purpose of this bill is to further protect whistleblowers for reporting the unsafe working conditions in mines. | To Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2009-02-11 |
| WV | SB58 | The purpose of this bill is to allow penalties collected under the Department of Environmental Protection's blasting program to be deposited in the Special Reclamation Fund. | To Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2009-02-11 |
| WV | SB700 | The purpose of this bill is to require coal prospectors to record certain geological information and to report said information to the department of environmental protection. The bill also provides for the sharing of geological information recorded ... Read more | To Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2008-02-18 |
| WV | SB716 | The purpose of this bill is to modify the definitions of "shallow" and "deep" wells to allow a shallow well to be drilled deeper and provide clarity to both definitions. | To Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2008-02-18 |
| WV | SB588 | The purpose of this bill is to prevent placement of excess spoil or overburden in or within one hundred feet of an intermittent or perennial stream. | To Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2008-02-06 |
| WV | SB578 | The purpose of this bill is to simplify the taxation and clarify the regulation and treatment under the law of the production, marketing and delivery of natural gas and oil. | To Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2008-02-05 |
| WV | SB517 | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection to sign National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits. | To Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2008-01-31 |
| WV | SB482 | The purpose of this bill is to expand rights for owners of the surface property where oil and gas wells are drilled. | To Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2008-01-29 |
| WV | SB392 | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Individual State Certification of Activities Requiring a Federal Permit. | To Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2008-01-25 |
| WV | SB299 | The purpose of this bill is to phase in the requirements for electric providers to add renewable energy systems to help protect and sustain the environment. | To Energy, Industry and Mining Committee | 2008-01-22 |