Comments on: Tyler County Tank Explosion Similar to Kanawha’s Water Pollution https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2014/02/14/tyler-county-tank-explosion-similar-to-kanawhas-water-pollution/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: The Highlands Voice quotes https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2014/02/14/tyler-county-tank-explosion-similar-to-kanawhas-water-pollution/#comment-50901 The Highlands Voice quotes Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:14:36 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=11044#comment-50901 The Legislature & “Water Crisis” from The Highlands Voice, February 2014 Quotes from Don Garvin, Jr. of the WV Environmental Council On January 9th a spill of 10,000 gallons of 4-methyl-cyclohexane-methanol (MCHM) into the Elk River at Charleston spoiled the water for over 300,000 people. On January 22, the Governor’s Bill was introduced into the WV Senate and the House of Delegates. “Frankly, the governor’s bill contained so many exemptions that it was difficult to find a storage tank that it would cover.” On January 28th, the WV Senate passed out a “committee substitute” water protection bill. "As drafted, SB 373 is narrowly focused and only addresses one aspect of the many threats to West Virginia water. It is at best a Band-Aid.” It is now up to the House of Delegates to improve the legislation. The Legislature & “Water Crisis” from The Highlands Voice, February 2014

Quotes from Don Garvin, Jr. of the WV Environmental Council

On January 9th a spill of 10,000 gallons of 4-methyl-cyclohexane-methanol (MCHM) into the Elk River at Charleston spoiled the water for over 300,000 people.

On January 22, the Governor’s Bill was introduced into the WV Senate and the House of Delegates. “Frankly, the governor’s bill contained so many exemptions that it was difficult to find a storage tank that it would cover.”

On January 28th, the WV Senate passed out a “committee substitute” water protection bill. “As drafted, SB 373 is narrowly focused and only addresses one aspect of the many threats to West Virginia water. It is at best a Band-Aid.”

It is now up to the House of Delegates to improve the legislation.

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