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Facility in W. Va. Coal Chemical Spill Flew Under Regulatory Radar

2014-01-14 09:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: The facility whose chemical spill contaminated the water supply for 300,000 West Virginia residents was barely scrutinized, flying largely under the radar of government regulators who viewed it as a low-risk operation but in reality, a problem at a key holding wall went undetected and unreported at Freedom Industries Inc. The chemicals stored at Freedom's facility near the Elk River are not considered hazardous enough by regulators to prompt routine inspections. On a normal day, it never created...

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