# W. Va. Code § 22-15-3: Special provision for wood waste

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C22_A15_S3

## Section

- **Citation:** W. Va. Code § 22-15-3
- **Heading:** Special provision for wood waste
- **Jurisdiction:** West Virginia
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** WV Code / Chapter 22 / Article 15 / Section 3

## Text

(a) The purpose of this section is to allow for the combustion of wood waste without a solid waste facility permit and to allow facilities to use wood waste as an alternative fuel.

(b) "Wood waste" means wood residues from logging operations, sawmills, wood product manufacturing, furniture making operations, recycling of wood products and other industrial processes, but does not include wood waste which contains hazardous constituents, including copper chromium arsenate, which would cause such wood waste to be regulated pursuant to article eighteen of this chapter.

(c) For purposes of section two of this article and section two, article four, chapter twenty-two-c of this code:

(1) Wood waste is not "solid waste" unless disposed of at a solid waste facility or an open dump;

(2) Wood waste is a material which may be used as an effective substitute for commercial products or raw material feedstock.

(d) The use of incineration technologies in an energy recovery incinerator for the purposes of combusting wood waste is not prohibited and no solid waste facility permit is required. The provisions of this section do not allow the combustion of wood waste without a source permit from the director if such permit is required by article five of this chapter or the rules promulgated under the provisions of said article five.

(e) The division may promulgate legislative rules, in accordance with the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, to effectuate the purposes of this section.

## Nearby sections

- [W. Va. Code § 22-15-1 §22-15-1. Purpose and legislative findings.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C22_A15_S1.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 22-15-2 §22-15-2. Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C22_A15_S2.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 22-15-3 §22-15-3. Special provision for wood waste.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C22_A15_S3.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 22-15-4 §22-15-4. Authority of commissioner of bureau of public health.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C22_A15_S4.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 22-15-5 §22-15-5. Powers and duties; rules and rulemaking.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C22_A15_S5.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 22-15-6 §22-15-6. Fee for filing a certificate of site approval.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C22_A15_S6.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 22-15-7 §22-15-7. Special provision for residential solid waste disposal.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C22_A15_S7.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 22-15-8 §22-15-8. Limit on the size of solid waste facilities; rulemaking.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C22_A15_S8.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 22-15-9 §22-15-9. Exemption for solid waste facility handling in excess of thirty thousand tons per month.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C22_A15_S9.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 22-15-10 §22-15-10. Prohibitions; permits required.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C22_A15_S10.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 22-15-11 §22-15-11. Solid waste assessment fee; penalties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C22_A15_S11.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 22-15-12 §22-15-12. Performance bonds; amount and method of bonding; bonding requirements; period of bond liability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C22_A15_S12.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 22-15-13 §22-15-13. Pre-siting notice.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C22_A15_S13.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 22-15-14 §22-15-14. Limitations on permits; encouragement of recycling.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C22_A15_S14.md)

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