The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is
investigating a business in Poca after reports of a familiar smell that
followed January's chemical spill.
The agency on Monday received reports
of the strong licorice smell of MCHM coming from a business called Safety Kleen
in the Poca industrial complex.
The smell is familiar to those in the Charleston area following the Freedom Industries chemical
spill that tainted the water supply of 300,000 West
Virginians .
According to reports, an
investigator on the scene said the company was cleaning a tank Monday, which is
likely what caused the strong odor.
Air quality samples and other tests are
being done as a precaution, but so far the agency doesn't think there's cause
for concern.
