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West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. West Virginia Division of Air Quality; West Virginia Division of Land Restoration; West Virginia Division of Mining and Reclamation; West Virginia Division of Water and Waste Management; West Virginia Office of Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation; West Virginia Office of Environmental Advocate
West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,769,979 residents. [5] The capital and most populous city is Charleston with a population of 49,055. West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key border state during the American Civil War.
The Commission supervises, regulates, and, where appropriate, investigates the rates, service, operations, affiliated transactions, and other activities of West Virginia public utilities and many common and contract motor carriers of passengers and property within West Virginia. Some of the industries the Commission regulates include:
Prevention and control of pollution of air, water and land. Co-ordination between departments and agencies of the State and the Union Government concerned with the policies and schemes relating to environment. Acting as the nodal department for climate change related activities in the state of West Bengal.
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This is a list of Superfund sites in West Virginia designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contamination. [1]
West Virginia is situated in the Appalachian Mountains of the Upper South region of the 48 contiguous states. Usually considered part of the South Eastern United States, West Virginia is bounded on the northeast by Pennsylvania and Maryland, on the southeast by Virginia, on the northwest by Ohio, and on the southwest by Kentucky.
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