Water Quality Standards

The House Judiciary committee passed a rules bundle Tuesday afternoon, revamping air and water quality rules for the state.

Legislation in the House of Delegates would update water quality standards by adopting a quarter of recommended rules for pollutants that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency created in 2015.

The state agency tasked with regulating oil and gas permitting, inspections and the plugging of abandoned wells is facing a major budgetary shortfall and…

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection this week released a long-awaited plan to update the state’s water quality standards.The rules…

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is holding a public meeting Tuesday to collect and share information about the revision of human…

The West Virginia Legislature has passed a bill containing a set of environmental regulations, including a controversial water pollution rule that was…

A West Virginia House committee on Tuesday, Feb. 19, voted down an amendment that would have restored the state’s water quality standards to the version…

The West Virginia Senate Thursday passed a rules bill that contains a controversial regulation that sets limits on the amount of pollution that can be…

The West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee voted today to remove a set of 60 proposed updates from Senate Bill 167, a rules bill that outlines a state…

The Senate Energy, Industry and Mining committee voted Tuesday evening to reinstate 60 updated human health standards into Senate Bill 167, a rules bill…