West Virginia chemical plant News

Crews Clean Up After U.S. Silica Plant Leak in West Virginia

Crews are cleaning up a leak of hazardous materials at a sand plant in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle. U.S. Silica spokesman Michael Lawson said about 600 gallons of sulfuric acid leaked Tuesday from the company’s plant in Berkeley Springs. About …

After West Virginia Chemical Spill, Tank Removal Ordered

West Virginia’s governor on Saturday ordered the company at the center of a chemical spill that tainted the state capital’s water supply to remove all above-ground storage tanks from the Charleston operation. A statement released by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s …