Jeff Mcintyre, president of the West Virginia American Water Co., answers questions at the company's intake facility on the Elk River in Charleston, W.Va. Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. The chemical 4-methylcyclohexane methanol leaked Thursday from a 48,000-gallon tank at Freedom Industries, a chemical storage facility about a mile upriver in Charleston, W.Va. The White House has issued a federal disaster declaration in West Virginia, where the spill may have contaminated tap water. Officials told at least 300,000 people not to bathe, brush their teeth or wash their clothes. (AP Photo/Tyler Evert)