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Active UST Certified Class A Workers List
Name and contact information listing of all active UST certified class A workers. Certified Class A workers can install, repair, retrofit or upgrade USTs.

Active UST Certified Class B Workers
Name and contact information listing of all active UST certified class B workers. Certified Class B workers can perform change-in-service or close USTs.

Active UST Certified Class C Workers
Name and contact information listing of all active UST certified class C workers. Certified Class C workers can perform tightness test tanks, piping and line leak detectors.

Active UST Certified Class D Workers
Name and contact information listing of all active UST certified class D workers. Certified Class D workers can install, repair, test or upgrade corrosion protection systems

Active UST Certified Class E
Name and contact information listing of all active UST certified class E workers. Certified Class E workers can perform routine testing, maintenance and inspections of corrosion protection system.

Air Quality Annual Report - 2006
The 2006 Air Quality Annual Report represents the fifth edition of air quality monitoring data and statistics compiled by the Division of Air Quality.

Air Quality Index
Tool used to provide the public with timely and easy-to-understand information on local air quality and whether air pollution levels pose a health concern.

Capacity Development Strategy
The West Virginia Bureau for Public Health (WVBPH), the State Primacy Agency, has developed a comprehensive Capacity Development Strategy including all of the SDWA-required elements. This introduction highlights the overall WVBPH program or activity related to the stated element.

Clean Air Forum
Information on alternative fuels from around the state, with useful tips for consumers.

Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program is a funding program to address water quality problems through wastewater facility construction, upgrades, or expansions.

Corrective Action Plan Guidance Document
West Virginia guidance document for LUST site assessments and corrective actions.

Cross-Connection and Backflow Prevention Manual
This manual is provided by the West Virginia Division of Health and Human Resources, West Virginia Bureau for Public Health, to be used as a reference document and training manual for public water supply personnel, health officials, plumbers and others involved in water supply distribution systems.

Designation of Tier 3 Water
This rule provides guidance and clarification for designating a Tier 3 water pursuant to the provisions of 47CSR, 2-4.1.c.

Didymo Fact Sheet
Didymo is a common name for Didymosphenia geminata, a freshwater diatom species that can form extensive mats on stream beds. The thick mats can smother native algae and aquatic insects, and make fishing very difficult. This fact sheet provided by the Division of Natural Resources tells how to identify and prevent the spread of Didymo.

Drinking Water Fact Sheet
Informative fact sheet on Cross-Connection & Backflow Prevention.

Environmental Quality Board Appeal Process
Document describing how to file an appeal with the West Virginia Environmental Quality Board.

Environmental Remediation Corrective Action Plan Guidance Document
The “West Virginia Corrective Action Guidance Document” (CAGD) presents recommended data collection, data analysis, and data presentation methods to meet the requirements of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (WVDEP) Office of Environmental Remediation (OER). The WVDEP Office of Environmental Remediation acknowledges that the UST consulting and contracting community may have established and accepted technical methods for conducting the activities addressed in this guidance. Hence, this document is designed to serve as an educational aid and, with the exception of the reporting requirements, analytical methods, and formats presented herein, the guidance provided will not preclude the use of proven or accepted methods to quickly and accurately “diagnose and treat” environmental contamination at Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) sites.

Farming in a SWAP area Poster
What you can do to protect your source of drinking water while farming in a SWAP area.

Fish Consumption Advisories
The meal advisory in this document is intended to protect people, especially pregnant and nursing women, women who may become pregnant in the next few years, and small children, from potential health problems from eating contaminants in fish.

Friends of Smokey Bear Workbook
Fire prevention workbook for kids. Contains pages for coloring and helpful fire safety information.

Guide for Developing a Local Source Water and Protection Program
Step-by-step guide for developing a local source water assessment and protection program.

Gypsy Moth Damage Assessment Report 2005
In 2005, the West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) initiated a gypsy moth damage assessment to evaluate the tree mortality associated with the record defoliation from 2000 to 2002 in which 322,892, 603,630, and 132,197 acres were defoliated, respectively. This report quantifies the tree mortality that occurred and compares these results to previous assessments from other defoliation events reported on by Atkins and Smallwood (1991) and Hicks and Mudrick (1996).

inDEPth Monthly Newsletter
This newsletter is published by the Department of Environmental Protection's Public Information Office.

Infectious Medical Waste Fact Sheet
Informative fact sheet on infectious medical waste.

Infectious Medical Waste Information and Guidance on Segregation and Reduction of Waste Presentation
Presentation that defines Infectious Medical Waste, discuss segregation of infectious medical waste from the solid waste stream, and look at ways to reduce the amount of Infectious Medical Waste generated.

Living in a SWAP area Poster
What you can do to protect your source of drinking water while living in a SWAP area.

Methamphetamine Lab Waste Recognition Video
Informational video for volunteers participating in the PPOD, Make It Shine, or Adopt-A-Highway programs to make them aware of the potential hazards of methamphetamine waste contaminants due to users using the rural and roadside areas of West Virginia as dump sites for their toxic chemicals and byproduct.

NPDES Reporting Reference Manual
Informative manual that provides information to the permit holders and plant operators in order to clarify common misconceptions and errors. Included are instructions providing assistance in the completion of the WV/NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMR) required by your WV/NPDES permit.

Operating and Maintaining Underground Storage Tank Systems
This document provides information on operating and maintaining underground storage tank systems.

Pandemic Influenza : Guide for water/wastewater systems
Informative guide on how to prepare water and wastewater systems plans for continuing services to the extent possible during an event such as pandemic influenza.

Permanent Petroleum Tank Closure
Document describing the procedure to perform a permanent petroleum tank closure.

Potential Drinking Water Source Impacts
Informational brochure on the potential impacts on your source of drinking water.

Preliminary Evaluation, Planning and Project Design Cover Letter
Notification letter to Water System Administrators on the availability of funds through the Preliminary Evaluation, Planning and Project Design Grant for community water systems.

Preliminary Evaluation, Planning and Project Design Grant Fact Sheet
Fact sheet for the Preliminary Evaluation, Planning, and Project Design Grants program that can provide grant funds to small community public water systems to determine their needs and help achieve Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) compliance.

Preliminary Evaluation, Planning, and Project Design Grants Application Instructions
The following instructions provide general information for completing the Preliminary Application and Priority Ranking Worksheet.

Roads to Rivers Video - Building Roads Properly Helps to Protect WV Waterways
Video segment produced by the Department of Environmental Protection discussing roadway development best practices to protect West Virginia waterways.

Septic Tank Tips
Informational brochure on how to properly maintain a septic tank system.

Smoky the Bear Song
Lyrics to the Smoky the Bear Song.

Total Maximum Daily Loads Program
TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load)- is a plan of action used to clean up streams that are not meeting quality standards.

Used Oil Poster
Information for how to dispose of used oil in a safe manner.

User Guide for Risk Assessment of Petroleum Releases
This manual gives guidance to the West Virginia Licensed Remediation Specialist (LRS) in most aspects of the risk-based procedures needed to successfully close a site under the State’s Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP).

UST Method 5035
This method describes a closed-system purge-and-trap process for the analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in solid materials (e.g., soils, sediments, and solid waste).

Voluntary Remediation Program Public Notice Checklist
Itemized list of information necessary to apply for a voluntary remediation program in the State of West Virginia.

Voluntary Remediation Project Status Checklist
Checklist that can be used to check the status of a Voluntary Remediation project.

Voluntary Remediation Risk Assessment Brochure
Informational brochure providing a definition of the Voluntary Remediation Program and answers to frequently asked questions.

Voluntary Remediation Risk Assessment Guide
A plain-language guide to human health risk assessment in the West Virginia Voluntary Remediation Program.

Water and Waste Management Online Application Instructions
Instruction on completing an on-line application for the Division of Water and Waste Management.

Water Quality Laboratory Listing
Listing of water quality laborites certified by West Virginia for microbiological and/or chemical examination of drinking water.

West Virginia Accreditation Standards for Asbestos, Lead and Radon Training
This document is to provide accreditation standards for training providers to be in compliance with West Virginia Public Health Code Chapter 16 Article 32, Asbestos Abatement Licensing, Article 35, Lead Abatement Act, and Article 34, Radon Licensure Law.

West Virginia Voluntary Remediation Sites Listing
Listing of all voluntary remediation sites in the State of West Virginia.

Working in a SWAP area
What you can do to protect your source of drinking water while working in a SWAP area.