West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection

{{Short description|West Virginia government department}}

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|jurisdiction = State of West Virginia

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|chief1_name = Austin Caperton{{cite web | url=https://governor.wv.gov/administration/Pages/default.aspx | title=Administration }}

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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.{{cite web |url=https://dep.wv.gov/Pages/OrganizationalHistoryandOverview.aspx |title=Agency History |website=dep.wv.gov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904033123/http://www.dep.wv.gov/Pages/OrganizationalHistoryandOverview.aspx |archive-date=2012-09-04}}