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DEP secretary: 1,100 storage tanks found ‘not fit for service’
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 1,000 above ground storage tanks have been found ‘not fit for service’ as part of the required inspections following the chemical spill and water emergency that happened a year ago this week. The Above Ground Storage Act, signed into law last year after the leak of ...
Debate on Forced Pooling May Return
WHEELING - Lawmakers may resurrect the debate over forced pooling in West Virginia during the upcoming legislative session, according to incoming House of Delegates Speaker Tim Armstead. Armstead, R-Kanawha, who is expected to be elected speaker when the new Republican-controlled Legislature convenes Jan. 14 in Charleston, confirmed there have been ...
WV DEP releases ‘tank rule’ for public comment through Jan. 21
A process that has been in the making since the Legislature's passing of the "tank bill" is beginning to come to a close, right before the anniversary of the chemical spill that affected 300,000 Kanawha Valley residents. A legislative rule required by Senate Bill 373, also known as the aboveground storage ...
FirstEnergy announces new projects aimed at supporting WV Marcellus Shale industry
In an effort to support northern West Virginia's expanding Marcellus Shale gas industry, FirstEnergy Corp. announced Dec. 22 that it is working on about $100 million in new transmission projects, in addition to evaluating system upgrades on existing equipment. The new facilities include high-voltage substations and transmission lines to accommodate ...
More Fracking Slated in Morgantown
Amid much controversy, two horizontal gas wells were drilled into the Marcellus shale rock formation in 2011 just barely outside of Morgantown. Now two more wells are slated to be drilled on the same pad in the summer of 2015, but the company, Charleston-based Northeast Natural Energy is teaming up ...
