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West Virginia Regulators Postpone Chemical Spill Hearings

West Virginia utility regulators are again postponing hearings for the water company affected in a January chemical spill. In an order last month, the state Public Service Commission canceled hearings scheduled Feb. 10-12 for West Virginia American Water. The commission …

Holes in Tank Likely Contributed to West Virginia Leak

Holes in a tank’s floor and roof likely helped cause a January chemical spill that contaminated West Virginia’s biggest drinking water supply for days, federal investigators said. In a report released Wednesday, the Chemical Safety Board also found that the …

California Supreme Court Tells Insurers to Pay

Insurance companies must pay up to the policy limits for cleanup of the Stringfellow Acid Pits in Riverside County, the California Supreme Court ruled. The 17-acre industrial waste dump 50 miles east of Los Angeles near Glen Avon was operated …