Last week on Friday the West Virginia House of Delegates passed HB 2579 the “selenium bill” by a vote of 99-0 and advanced the bill to the Senate.
If this bill becomes law, it paves the way for DEP to weaken toxic selenium water quality standards in WV streams. In addition, it allows coal companies to get off the hook for treating the selenium added to state waters from their surface mining operations.
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