On Monday Attorney General Patrick Morrisey today that he is joining several state organizations to host a town hall meeting in Putnam County next week to discuss the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency’s new rule regulating local waterways and his Office’s legal challenge to it.
The town hall meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 7th, at the Putnam County Courthouse, 12093 Winfield Road, in Winfield. The public and members of the media are invited to attend.
In addition to Attorney General Morrisey, several local business leaders and representatives from the Associated Builders and Contractors of West Virginia, Contractors Association of West Virginia, West Virginia Business and Industry Council, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, West Virginia Coal Association, West Virginia Farm Bureau and West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association will discuss the potential effects this rule could have on local landowners.
For more information or to RSVP, e-mail communications@wvago.gov or call the Attorney General’s Office at 304-558-2021.