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Audio: Congressional Hearing on Elk River Chemical Spill
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The question and answer portion of Monday, Feb. 10th's U.S. House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee field hearing on the Elk River Chemical Spill.
The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing Monday morning in Charleston to learn more about the Jan. 9 chemical spill into the Elk River that left 300,000 people banned from using tap water for up to 10 days.
The witness list included the president of West Virginia American Water, state health, homeland security and environmental officials, the chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board and county emergency and homeland security officials.
Freedom Industries President Gary Southern was invited but did not attend.
Two W.Va. members sit on the committee —Nick Rahall, the committee’s top Democrat, and Republican Shelley Moore Capito.
ROCKWOOL, a stone wool and insulation manufacturer, recently expanded its presence in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle with the purchase of 58.25 more acres of land.
More pollution may make it to streams in the state after the House of Delegates passed a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) rule package Wednesday.
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