# Hearings

**Citation:** W. Va. Code § 24B-4-1  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** West Virginia Legislature  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** Not stated

To carry out the purposes of this chapter, the commission is authorized to conduct conferences, formal and informal hearings, to make findings of fact and conclusions of law, and to enter orders with respect to any issues that may arise under this chapter.

## Document text

To carry out the purposes of this chapter, the commission is authorized to conduct conferences, formal and informal hearings, to make findings of fact and conclusions of law, and to enter orders with respect to any issues that may arise under this chapter.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://code.wvlegislature.gov/24B-4-1/>
- Source ID: `wv-pipeline-safety`
- SHA-256: `f7d3ba33199673bc85af2604d406995390ebb2d8bad3c76fe1cf9fc5a6dfbdd5`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T12:04:38.773Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T16:27:37.859Z
- Document slug: `wv-code-24b-4-1`

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  "applicabilityCaveat": "The PSC program covers intrastate natural-gas distribution and transmission, covered LPG systems, certain regulated gathering lines, and intrastate hazardous-liquid transmission under separate 49 U.S.C. 60105 certifications. PHMSA's 2024 gas and hazardous-liquid evaluations each identify the West Virginia PSC as 60105(a) certified and as an interstate agent. Interstate-agent work is federal assistance, not independent state jurisdiction; the PSC states that interstate gas and hazardous-liquid pipelines remain regulated by PHMSA. Facility, commodity, gathering-line, rural-production, storage, and interstate status must be resolved before applying any provision.",
  "incorporationCaveat": "150 CSR 4 sections 9.3.1 and 11.3.1 adopt 49 CFR Parts 191, 192, 195, and 199 without naming an edition. This connector records those dynamic references but does not reproduce federal text, determine the effect of later federal amendments, or infer adoption of an unlisted federal part.",
  "publicationCaveat": "The Secretary of State identifies the July 11, 2018 version of 150 CSR 4 as active and prior versions as historical. The active rule still states superseded section 9.10 penalty limits of $1,000 per violation and $200,000 per related series; current W. Va. Code section 24B-4-6 instead states up to $200,000 per violation per day and $2 million per related series. Users must reconcile the current statute, later orders, and federal law rather than relying on the stale rule figures. Retrieval dates are observations, not legal effective dates.",
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