Environmental Agencies Say Air Samples Still Clear After Kanawha County Chemical Release

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West Virginia has paid a steep price when industrial safety fails. On April 22, a toxic release of hydrogen sulfide gas at the Catalyst Refiners plant in Nitro killed two workers and sent 20 others to the hospital — including…

EPA, WVDEP continue monitoring, cleanup after deadly Institute plant incident

INSTITUTE, W.Va. –State, local, and federal agencies are still on the site of the chemical tragedy that occurred last week at the Ames Goldsmith Catalyst Refiners facility in Institute, that left two dead and one critically injured. Those agencies the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 3. In a release from the DEP Wednesday, they said they working to coordinate a sampling and remo…

Local, state, and federal agencies coordinate future steps at Catalyst Refiners site

INSTITUTE, WV (WVNS) -- Multiple agencies are working together on a plan for the next steps Catalyst Refiners site in Institute. According to a press release, a sampling and removal plan is being coordinated by local, state, and federal agencies, such as the including the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) and U.S. Environmental [...]

Environmental agencies say air samples still clear after Kanawha County chemical release

West Virginia’s Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency say air sampling following the deadly chemical release at Catalyst Refiners, Inc., last week has not yet detected any hydrogen sulfide offsite.

WV, federal agencies will investigate deadly Institute chemical leak, officials say

By: Lori Kersey for West Virginia Watch The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Chemical Safety Board have launched investigations into a chemical incident that killed two people and critically injured another person in Kanawha County Wednesday morning, officials say. “We are opening an investigation into this tragic incident to determine how [...]