This rule establishes the procedures by which the Department of Environmental Protection shall implement the State’s water quality anti-degradation policy found at 47 CSR 2-4.
This rule is not more stringent than its federal counterpart regulation.
Similar Federal Regulation: While there is not federal counterpart regulation for this rule, EPA required states to develop antidegradation policies through 40 CFR Part 131, and West Virginia developed this rule in accordance with the parameters established pursuant to the federal regulation.