Although the director is primarily responsible for the permitting and regulating of solid wastes, the commissioner of the bureau of public health may enforce the public health laws over solid waste management which presents an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 22. Environmental Resources
Article 15. Solid Waste Management Act
§22-15-1. Purpose and Legislative Findings
§22-15-3. Special Provision for Wood Waste
§22-15-4. Authority of Commissioner of Bureau of Public Health
§22-15-5. Powers and Duties; Rules and Rulemaking
§22-15-6. Fee for Filing a Certificate of Site Approval
§22-15-7. Special Provision for Residential Solid Waste Disposal
§22-15-8. Limit on the Size of Solid Waste Facilities; Rulemaking
§22-15-9. Exemption for Solid Waste Facility Handling in Excess of Thirty Thousand Tons per Month
§22-15-10. Prohibitions; Permits Required
§22-15-11. Solid Waste Assessment Fee; Penalties
§22-15-14. Limitations on Permits; Encouragement of Recycling
§22-15-15. Orders, Inspections and Enforcement; Civil and Criminal Penalties
§22-15-17. Limited Extension of Solid Waste Facility Closure Deadline
§22-15-18. Condition on Receiving Permit
§22-15-19. Municipal and Commercial Solid Waste Incineration and Backhauling Prohibited; Exceptions
§22-15-20. Sewage Sludge Management
§22-15-21. Waste Tire Management