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The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill, House Bill 5018, that would bar community air monitoring data from being used in third-party lawsuits or by the state Department of Environmental Protection to issue penalties. HB 5018 has drawn overwhelming opposition from community and environmental advocates who call it a pro-polluter bill. ....
Most speakers during a public hearing in the WV House of Delegates Friday morning for a bill that would bar community air monitoring data in 3rd-party lawsuits voiced opposition to the legislation. ....
The West Virginia House of Delegates Energy and Manufacturing Committee has scheduled a public hearing on House Bill 5018, which would bar Department of Environmental Protection use of community air monitoring data for regulatory purposes in establishing air quality standards. Opponents say the bill would discourage citizen air monitoring and frustrate efforts to supplement the DEP s air quality monitoring network, which doesn t provide monitors in most West Virginia counties. ....
The West Virginia Legislature is showing little sign through a quarter of the 2023 state regular legislative session of strengthening air quality and other environmental protections in a state of high concentrations of air pollution from chemical, gas and oil infrastructure. Instead, a bill introduced by House Energy and Manufacturing Committee Chair Bill Anderson, R-Wood, would keep the state Department of Environmental Protection from using community air monitoring data for regulatory purposes. ....