West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Agency overview
Formed2001
JurisdictionState of West Virginia
Agency executive
  • Austin Caperton[1], West Virginia Secretary of Environmental Protection
Websitewww.dep.wv.gov

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is a government agency of the U.S. state of West Virginia.

The Department originated as the Division of Environmental Protection (an agency of the Department of Commerce, Labor and Environmental Resources), created in October 1992. The Division was elevated to a Cabinet-level Department in 2001.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Administration".
  2. ↑ "Agency History". dep.wv.gov. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04.
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