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This article originally provided by The Charleston Gazette
January 8, 2011
Wheeling water pollution fine unresolved
By The Associated Press
WHEELING, W.Va. -- A $414,000 pollution fine owed by Wheeling for wastewater discharges remains unresolved.
The state Department of Environmental Protection issued the fine last year. The agency says discharges from Wheeling's treatment plant exceeded chloride limitations 50 times from January 2009 through February 2010.
Spokeswoman Kathy Cosco told The Intelligencer that the DEP is still working with the city to resolve the fine.
The DEP's complaint says the violations started when Wheeling started treating wastewater from a privately owned company, including hydraulic fracturing wastewater from natural gas drilling.
Wheeling Public Works Director Russell Jebbia says the city will no longer accept the hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" wastewater. |