No public officer or employee in the division having any responsibility or duty either directly or of a supervisory nature with respect to the administration or enforcement of this article may:
(1) Engage in quarrying as a sole proprietor or as a partner;
(2) Be an officer, director, stockholder, owner or part owner of any corporation or other business entity engaged in quarrying; or
(3) Be employed as an attorney, agent or in any other capacity by any person, partnership, firm, association, trust or corporation engaged in quarrying.
Any violation of this section by any public officer or employee subject to the prohibitions contained in this section is grounds for removal from office or dismissal from employment, as the case may be.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 22. Environmental Resources
Article 4. Quarry Reclamation Act
§22-4-4. Director of the Division of Environmental Protection; Powers and Duties
§22-4-5. Quarry Permit Requirements
§22-4-6. Application Review, Public Notice and Comment, and Permit Approval
§22-4-7. Denial of Quarry Permit
§22-4-8. Limitations; Mandamus
§22-4-9. Permit Renewals and Revisions
§22-4-10. Modification of Permits
§22-4-12. Preblast Survey Requirements
§22-4-14. Performance Standards
§22-4-15. Groundwater Protection
§22-4-16. Water Rights and Replacement; Waiver of Replacement
§22-4-17. Quarrying and Reclamation Plan
§22-4-18. Land Reclamation Requirements
§22-4-19. Time Period for Reclamation
§22-4-20. Fiscal Responsibility
§22-4-23. Quarry Reclamation Fund
§22-4-26. Required Fees, Quarry Inspection and Enforcement Fund
§22-4-27. Exception for Certain Existing Quarries