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Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia House Speaker Tim Miley wants Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to limit regulation on small oil and gas operators in a law responding to a January chemical spill.
In a July 9 letter, Miley said small, non-Marcellus Shale wells are in “survival mode” and should be exempt from new aboveground tank inspections and registrations.
He says inspections could cost $2,000 per well annually.
Miley urged Tomblin to lessen the impact through administrative rulemaking. He suggested an executive order to delay the law’s implementation for small wells, and a special legislative session to change it.
Spokesman Chris Stadelman says Tomblin doesn’t think executive order should be used, but his environmental agency is considering options.
A January tank leak contaminated 300,000 people’s drinking water for days with a coal-cleaning chemical.