EPA $22.6M Minden cleanup completion years away even with recent WV support pledge

EPA $22.6M Minden cleanup completion years away even with recent WV support pledge

Over a year since the United States Environmental Protection Agency released a $22.6 million remediation plan in July 2024 for a Fayette County community long dogged by environmental health concerns, the EPA says the plan’s construction phase is years away – even after finally getting required state support to make that phase happen. The EPA expects to complete remedial design by early 2027 for its plan to remove soil contaminated by harmful pol…