[WV] Emergency over, House debate on water regulatory bill continues

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Source: Charleston Gazette

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Fifty days later, the emergency is over.

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Friday rescinded the state of emergency he had declared in nine West Virginia counties on Jan. 9, in response to the chemical leak that contaminated the water of 300,000 residents.

Tomblin's proclamation says state agencies will continue monitoring public-health concerns and that the Department of Environmental Protection will continue to supervise the cleanup and razing of the Freedom Industries tank farm, from where the chemical leaked into the Elk River.

The proclamation comes as the vast majority of state government tests on the region's water system show nondetectable levels of the coal-cleaning chemical Crude MCHM.

Read more: http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201402280174

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1. "as the vast majority"

Okay. Whatever.