July 22, 2016
Philadelphia Insurance Companies has partnered with UCPM, Inc., an environmental insurance provider, to offer storage tank pollution liability coverage. The new Storage Tank Environmental Policy (STEP) protects policyholders from claims for bodily injury, property damage, and remediation expenses associated with …
March 30, 2015
Less than a year after signing legislation with new safeguards in response to a 2014 chemical spill that prompted a tap-water ban for 300,000 people, West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed a bill Friday to trim away some of …
February 2, 2015
State environmental regulators in West Virginia say the highest-risk above ground storage tanks could face a $375 annual fee in a law to protect water supplies. Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Randy Huffman made the comments to a state Senate …
January 21, 2015
Drinking water sources in West Virginia are at risk of contamination from more than 20,000 aboveground storage tanks that are located beyond an area where extra safeguards are required, according to a report released last week. These tanks include 19,133 …
September 10, 2014
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin plans to use administrative fixes instead of a special session to adjust a law regulating above-ground storage tanks. On Monday, Tomblin’s top environmental official spelled out a three-tiered system for how tank owners can …
May 30, 2014
A West Virginia website will provide information and online registration for aboveground storage tank owners to comply with a new law. The site explains the law written in response to a January chemical spill. The Department of Environmental Protection estimates …
April 4, 2014
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has signed legislation imposing new safeguards on above-ground storage tanks and water systems in response to a Jan. 9 chemical spill in Charleston. The Water Resources Protection Act regulates storage tanks like the one …