Legislation to force West Virginia regulators to adopt a key new water pollution standard died during this year’s legislative session. And a bill to require reporting of more information about oil and gas drilling pollution also died, after the industry tried to hijack the measure.
It’s just a coincidence, but in the wake of these failed legislative efforts to address water quality, the state Department of Environmental Protection announced it was starting to accept public comment on the latest version of its list of “impaired streams.”
The report is available online here, and comments can be sent to:
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Water and Waste Management
2010 303(d) List – Attn: Stephen A. Young
601 57th Street, S.E.
Charleston, WV 25304
The comment period ends April 19.
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