Public Notice for 2026 Proposed DAQ Legislative Rules
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has scheduled a public hearing for its 2026 proposed legislative rules to be
held at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. The public hearing will be held virtually. Instructions for participating and for providing oral comments are provided in the
public notice. The public comment period begins May 30, 2025, and ends at the conclusion of the public hearing on July 1, 2025. Written comments may be submitted at any
time during the public comment as instructed in the public notice and must be received by 5:00 p.m. on July 1, 2025. Both oral and written comments will be made part of
the rulemaking record. Comments received after the conclusion of the public comment period will not be accepted.
The proposed rules are available at the Secretary of State's website at https://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/.
The website will include the proposed rules on May 30, 2025.
The easiest way to access the proposed rules is to select "Air Quality" in the Select Agency field and select "In progress only" in the limit results by field and then
select Search. Please note that this selection process will include the 2024 in process legislative rules until they become effective June 1, 2025. Alternatively, the
"Select Title-Series" field can be used with 45-[rule number] for any specific rule identified in the public notice. Example 45-16 for 45CSR16 rule.
Title: Public Notice for 2026 Proposed DAQ Legislative Rules
Expired: July 1, 2025