Aboveground Storage Tank Rollbacks are Back
In 2014, the West Virginia Legislature passed the Aboveground Storage Tank Act in response to the devastating Elk River chemical leak. That law created basic safeguards to prevent another preventable drinking water crisis.
Year after year, we have seen these protections chipped away, but last year, persistent advocacy from people like you helped stop it before it passed.
Now, just days before the Crossover Day deadline, we are seeing another attempt to remove drinking water protections at the WV State Capitol.
Protect WV’s drinking water. Do not weaken the Above-ground Storage Tank Act. Reject Senate Bill 641.
On Monday afternoon, Members of the Senate Energy, Industry, and Mining Committee fast-tracked the Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 641 to rollback protections of the Above-ground Storage Tank Act. By Monday evening, the bill passed the first reading in the full Senate.
We need you to tell lawmakers to vote no. REJECT Com Sub SB641 and protect our water. →
Join us in insisting that leaders remember the past and protect our future.
Start contacting members of the Senate NOW. Protect our water!
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For clean water & healthy communities,
West Virginia Rivers Coalition
