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Some 75 years ago Mountain Lewisville was made Carnival out of Mole See A6-A7 Hill, WV See B4 Advance tickets, See B8 Still Free! Ohio news Inside Pages A4, A5, A6, A8, Barth grant apps A9, A10, A11, B5, B11 INNformer Page A8 Visit us online @ MOVinformer.com Volume 11, No. 16 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 August 9, 2024 Porter still pushing for PCHS close intendent Cassandra Wetzel County Schools Super Porter met with EPA oiffcials Tuesday at PC Library. EPA’s ATSDR Emergency holds public appeal to keep meeting in PCHS closed Paden City led with WV By Charles Winslow Supreme Court PADEN CITY - The EPAs Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease of Appeals Registry (ATSDR) held two infor- By Charles Winslow mational meetings Aug .6 at the Paden City Public Library to go PADEN CITY – As expected, Wet- over results of a new report evaluat- zel County Schools Superintendent ing exposure to PCE from drinking Cassandra Porter has filed an emer- water in Paden City following last gency appeal seeking to stop the en- years failure of the air stripper. forcement of Wetzel County Circuit During the two two-hour meetings, Summers Judge C. Richard Wilsons prelimi- one held at noon and the second at nary injunction preventing her from 5 p.m. ATSDR representatives were nearly done “temporarily” closing Paden City on hand to go over the “public health High School. evaluation of community exposure to but theres Wilson issued the preliminary in- contaminants in drinking water” fol- junction July 31 and ordered PCHS lowing the August 2023 malfunction still plenty be reopened after Porter suddenly of a bypass valve on the citys air closed the school, sending out an stripper and allowed untreated water of fun! email June 11, while the Wetzel to enter the citys water distribution County Board of Education was system and led to a “do not use” WETZEL COUNTYS meeting, stating she was “tempo- order that lasted several weeks. TOWN & COUNTRY DAYS rarily closing” the school immedi- The air-stripper is designed to re- ately over concerns relating to the move PCE contamination from the IS AUG. 12-17 WITH SOME EPAs superfund designation citys water supply and went into PRE-EVENTS AUG. 10-11. A filing entitled “Petitioners (Cor- operation in July 2020. SEE MORE PHOTOS ON rected) Emergency Motion to Stay In January of this year, the EPA re- A6-A7, A10, B3 AND B6-B7. Enforcement of the July 31, 2024 quested ATSDR conduct a public Preliminary Injunction was entered health evaluation of community ex- Aug. 5 with the Supreme Court of posure to contaminants in drinking Appeals. Previously, a Notice of Ap- water following the malfunction. peal was filed Aug. 2 with the Inter- mediate Court of Appeals. “To address EPAs request to deter- The Aug. 5 filing stated Porter was mine whether the contamination looking for a stay in the enforcement from the treatment malfunction had of Wilsons preliminary injunction as the potential to cause adverse health the injunction “sends students, fac- effects to residents, ATSDR used ulty, and staff into known carcino- drinking water data from both Paden genic conditions in a public school City Water Department and EPA,” facility on an EPA Superfund site. the report provided at the meeting stated. “ATSDR evaluated whether “Because the school year starts on drinking Paden City public water or Aug. 19, 2024, Superintendent using the water for showering and Porter seeks emergency relief,” the household use could result in harm- filing continued. ful health effects. ATSDR evaluated While Porter had initially pointed to the site following the agencys public concerns over potential vapor intru- health assessment (PHA) process. sion related to the Paden City Super- inking“Based on our assessment of dr fund site for her June 11 closure, water data from the 2023 malfunc- during the June 25 hearing relating tion, ATSDR concludes that drinking to the temporary restraining order water that contained PCE during this requested by 28 plaintiffs, led by the time period would not result in harm- Paden City Schools Athletic Associ- ful health effects. ATSDR also con- ation, it was subsequently reported cludes that showering and using that “environmental testing inside household water that contained PCE the high school confirms that known during this time period would not re- and probable carcinogenic vapors – sult in harmful health effects. These including tetrachloroethene (PCE), conclusions assume the worst-case TCE, benzene, 1,3-butadiene, and scenario were exposure to PCE at the methylene chloride – have intruded maximum concentration detected,” every single classroom in the facility. the report stated. “A total of 20 samples have been The report cautioned, however, taken inside this high school evidenc- there were multiple limitations to ing known or probable carcinogens at the conclusions. concentrations exceeding the EPAs screening levels,” the filing continued. “First, samples collected by the Pointing to West Virginia law that Paden City Water Department could Continued on page A2 Continued on page A2 INDEX CFOV scholarships A5 Sistersville Council A11 Mountain from Mole Hill B4 Paden City Council A2 Lewisville Carnival A6-A7 Sardis news A11 DIRT TRACKS B5-B10 Woodseld Council A4 Regional roundup A8 2024 Stealey grants A11 OVS B5 Matamoras Counci A4 Road 26 work completed A8 RECIPES: Zukes, peaches, Karts B5 Hannibal locks A5 Prep football A9 blackberries B1 The Bullring B6-B10 PCPL summer reading A5 Beallsville 200 A10 Mountain Mama Festival B3 Event calendar B11
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