Kanawha County Commission wants more information as WV DEP considers permit for Clean Seas

By: Caity Coyne

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: July 31, 2026

Words: 1,886

Last Updated: 2 days, 23 hours ago

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Members of the Kanawha County Commission sent a letter to the state Department of Environmental Protection this week urging it to refrain from issuing an air quality permit for a proposed “advanced recycling” plant until the company behind the project can provide more details to confront concerns raised by residents.

A public comment period for the project — which, as proposed by company Clean-Seas West Virginia, would build a plastics pyrolysis facility at the …

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