West Virginia Code Chapter 20. Natural Resources § 20-1-18c. Cooperation with federal government in management of federal lands within the State

The legislature recognizes that there are large areas of this State that are owned by or under the control of the government of the United States. In order to cooperate with the various federal agencies which have jurisdiction over these areas and to effectively enforce rules and regulations to protect these areas, the legislature hereby authorizes the director to adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to cooperate in all law-enforcement activities with the various federal agencies. Such rules and regulations shall be adopted according to the administrative procedures act as provided in chapter twenty-one-A of this Code. To the extent that any rules and regulations adopted by the director are identical to existing federal rules and regulations, they may be promulgated without the procedures required under the Administrative Procedures Act except that there shall be public notice of the adoption of such regulations and they shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.