HOUSE RESOLUTION 14

By Delegates  Staggers, Boggs, Barrett, Miley, Lavender-Bowe, Hartman, Sponaugle, C. Thompson, S. Brown, Angelucci, Caputo, Anderson, Bates, Cadle, Cooper, Doyle, Estep-Burton, Evans, Fleischauer, Hansen, Hornbuckle, Howell, J. Kelly, Kessinger, Longstreth, Lovejoy, C. Martin, Pethtel, Phillips, Pushkin, Pyles, Shott, Skaff, Steele, Storch, Miller and Zukoff

Introduced February 12, 2019

Requesting the United States Congress to provide funding for the purchase of residential areas of Minden, Fayette County, West Virginia, due to the discovery of toxic substances.

Whereas, The health and welfare of the residents of Minden, Fayette County, have been adversely affected by the discovery of toxic waste being deposited by a company doing business in the State of West Virginia; and

Whereas, The efforts of the United States Environmental Protection Agency to remove the toxic waste from the affected areas of Minden have been ineffective and without resolve; and

Whereas, The property value of the affected areas of Minden has decreased substantially since the discovery of toxic substances, leaving the residents without a fair market value for their property and rendering them unable to relocate their families to a safe, secure area; therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Delegates:

That the House of Delegates hereby requests the United States Congress to provide funding for the purchase of residential areas of Minden, Fayette County, that have been affected by the discovery of toxic substances that the United States Environmental Protection Agency cannot resolve; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk forward copies of this resolution to the West Virginia delegation to the Congress of the United States.