Hansen quoted in Wall Street Journal on roll back of West Virginia's storage tank rules
From The Wall Street Journal:
West Virginia lawmakers approved a measure on Saturday to roll back strict water-protection rules enacted last year after a chemical spill contaminated drinking water for 300,000 people in West Virginia’s capital.
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Environmental groups fought the measure. "It reduces the regulation of tens of thousands of above-ground storage tanks, some of which have the potential to contaminate drinking water," said Evan Hansen, president of Downstream Strategies, an environmental consulting company based in Morgantown, W.Va.
Mr. Hansen said opponents of the bill had presented alternatives that were all rejected. "There were compromises that were possible that would have provided regulatory relief for thousands of tanks while still protecting the integrity of the act," he said.
