WV leaders object to EPA Lower Guyandotte cleanup agreement

West Virginia Senate President Craig Blair and state House of Delegates Speaker Roger Hanshaw have objected to an agreement between West Virginia environmental groups and the United States Environmental Protection Agency aimed at cleaning up the Lower Guyandotte River watershed. Blair and Hanshaw argue the proposed agreement allows the EPA to ignore water quality standard compliance criteria established by state legislators and doesn’t respect the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s authority.

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