4 bills to increase water & air pollution risk
West Virginia Environmental Council Action Alert – February 21, 2015
There are three–yes, three–items about which you might contact Senate Judiciary members. http://wvecouncil.org/aa-boilerplate/senate-judiciary/
1. Any day, we’re expecting that committee to take up S.B. 423, “Amending the Aboveground Storage Tank Act.” This bill would gut the water protections gained in last year’s S.B. 373. Tell committee members to reject this bill!
2. We’re also expecting the committee to take up S.B. 482 any day. This bill would seriously weaken air pollution permitting for smaller sources, and establish unrealistic deadlines for the WV-DEP to review permit applications. And it says that if the DEP does not act, the permit is deemed granted as applied for. Tell committee members to reject this bill also!
3. Sooner or later, this committee will take up S.B. 167, the DEP rule that would restore “Category A” (drinking water) status to the portion of the Kanawha River that flows past Charleston. Tell committee members to pass this rule without amendment!
Note: The House Judiciary Committee meeting at 9 am this Monday will take up “Coal Jobs and Safety Act” (H.B. 2566/S.B. 357); this bill would relieve coal companies from meeting water quality standards in their pollution permits and also weaken aluminum criteria for streams. Mine workers oppose it too, because it weakens mine safety.
This is the mid-point of the 2015 Session of the Legislature, the last (60th) day is March 14th.
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