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Panel approves bill giving DEP sole authority over alterations to conservation-district dams, adds funding protection amendment
Summary
A Senate committee approved language making alterations related to local conservation‑district dams subject solely to the authority of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, and adopted an amendment clarifying the change would not affect state or federal funding to the West Virginia Conservation Agency.
A Senate committee reviewed and approved original language for originating bill number 1 that would make any alteration, improvement or agreement related to a dam owned or sponsored by a local conservation district subject solely to the authority of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
Judith Lyons, director of the West Virginia Conservation Agency, testified that her agency maintains 170 flood-control structures the agency sponsors and that the agency performs engineering, planning, design and routine maintenance for those dams…
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