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West Virginia agriculture bill stokes fears about pesticide-spewing logging facility [Video]

A West Virginia bill approved by the House of Delegates on Tuesday that limits counties from regulating agricultural operations is stoking fears that a logging company could resurrect plansto build a toxic-spewing fumigation facilityin the picturesque Allegheny Mountains.

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West Virginia agriculture bill stokes fears about pesticide-spewing logging facility [Video]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) West Virginia legislation that limits counties from regulating agricultural operations is stoking fears that a logging company could resurrect plans to build a toxic-spewing facility. The House of Delegates approved the bill Tuesday after it previously passed the Senate. It would bar counties from overstepping state law on agricultural operations. Last