By: Hannah King, WVEC Lobbyist
Please call your Senate Judiciary Committee members on Monday and encourage them to vote NO on HB 2598. Read below for talking points and a list of oil and gas tanks by West Virginia county that would be exempted.
Impact of HB 2598: Number of tanks in West Virginia counties that would become exempt from the Aboveground Storage Tank Act
Approximate number based on review of WV DEP data in December 2020
|
County |
# of tanks |
|
Marion |
1 |
|
Webster |
1 |
|
Mercer |
2 |
|
Pendleton |
2 |
|
Preston |
2 |
|
Marshall |
3 |
|
Mingo |
4 |
|
Tucker |
4 |
|
Randolph |
5 |
|
Taylor |
5 |
|
Cabell |
6 |
|
Braxton |
7 |
|
Monongalia |
8 |
|
Lincoln |
9 |
|
Raleigh |
9 |
|
McDowell |
10 |
|
Logan |
11 |
|
Wayne |
13 |
|
Ritchie |
14 |
|
Doddridge |
15 |
|
Fayette |
15 |
|
Wyoming |
20 |
|
Clay |
23 |
|
Kanawha |
23 |
|
Lewis |
28 |
|
Wetzel |
29 |
|
Harrison |
38 |
|
Gilmer |
39 |
|
Mason |
39 |
|
Tyler |
46 |
|
Upshur |
52 |
|
Jackson |
53 |
|
Calhoun |
64 |
|
Wood |
67 |
|
Barbour |
81 |
|
Pleasants |
268 |
|
Total: |
1,016 |
