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Lawmakers Discuss Child Care Issues
On this episode of The Legislature Today, News Director Eric Douglas talks with Del. Cathie Hess Crouse, R-Putnam, and Senate Minority Leader Mike Woelfel, D-Cabell, about the issue of child care in the state and how it is a personal and economic development issue.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsJudge Fines Union Carbide, Orders Landfill Cleanup
Union Carbide will pay a $200,000 civil penalty for violating the Clean Water Act, U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. ruled on Friday.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsState Official Moves Closer To Federal Appointment
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmed Lindsay See to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIt Took 41 Years To Add A Union Carbide Landfill To EPA Database. Why?
Five years after the site’s existence became publicly known as part of a federal lawsuit, it remains unclear who dropped the ball in failing to list the site as required by federal law.
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EPA, For Now, Defers To State Officials On Union Carbide Landfill Cleanup
Union Carbide is working with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) on a voluntary remediation of the Filmont landfill. The site is the subject of an ongoing federal lawsuit over water pollution and was listed by EPA as a Superfund site.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEPA Lists Union Carbide South Charleston Landfill As Superfund Site
An ongoing case in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia will determine whether Union Carbide, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, will pay civil penalties.
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