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The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has fined the Pocahontas County Public Service District roughly $1.8 million over permit violations. The DEP cited water pollution control permit violations going back over a decade.
New appointments to the West Virginia Special Reclamation Fund Advisory Council included a member recommended by environmental groups to represent them after concern about removal of the previous member statutorily required to represent them on the board. Gov. Jim Justice appointed West Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club chairman Jim Kotcon to serve on the board.
A year ago, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection ordered a coal mining company to stop polluted water from flooding into Indian Creek. But people nearby say as contaminants