Environmental groups and state lawmakers focus on budget deficit hurting DEP’s oil and gas well monitoring capacity – Charleston Gazette-Mail

Environmental groups and state lawmakers focus on budget deficit hurting DEP’s oil and gas well monitoring capacity – Charleston Gazette-Mail

Staff cuts and a budget cut at a West Virginia regulatory agency could pose a risk to public health, conservation groups and state lawmakers warned Thursday. The Department of Environmental Protection’s Oil and Gas Office faces a $ 1.3 million shortfall and is reduced to 25 out of 40 people after the agency pledged to […]
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