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12. I'm so relieved to know the fox will now be guarding the henhouse

Mon Jun 16, 2014, 07:33 PM

Jun 2014

The Huntington Herald Dispatch
AP COVERAGE
Jun 16, 2:26 PM EDT
W.Va. company to staff site of spill around clock

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- The company that spilled chemicals into West Virginia's largest water supply in January will staff the site around the clock to prevent further discharges during cleanup.

After spilling stormwater into the Elk River twice last week, Freedom Industries told the state Department of Environmental Protection it would keep contractors at its Charleston site 24 hours a day. The company also plans to double its capacity to pump stormwater from the trench that spilled.

Regulators said Thursday's spill sent a small amount of water into the river. A 50-minute overflow occurred Friday during a thunderstorm.

Initial violations include allowing a discharge from an unpermitted outlet and not implementing an approved sump management plan, per state orders....

MORE at: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WV_CHEMICAL_SPILL_WVOL-?SITE=WVHUN&SECTION=news&TEMPLATE=hddefault&CTIME=2014-06-16-14-26-54

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