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EPA relents, discloses list of high-risk coal ash sites
Renee Schoof - McClatchy NewspapersIssue date: 6/25/09 Section: Real News
The 44 include 10 Duke Energy ponds at plants in Spencer, Eden, Terrell, Belmont, Walnut Cove and Mount Holly, N.C., and two Progress Energy Carolinas ponds in Arden, N.C.; two Kentucky Utilities ponds near Harrodsburg, Ky., and three in Ghent, Ky.; a Louisville Gas & Electric pond in Louisville, Ky.; and a Georgia Power facility in Milledgeville, Ga.
Also on the list was the large Little Blue Run Dam pond that holds waste from the First Energy Generation plant at Shippingport, Pa.
The list also include impoundments in Arizona, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia, Ohio and Montana.
Boxer said that she was glad to see the EPA release the list of the sites.
"I called on the administration to release the list of these high hazard sites so that people have the information they need to quickly press for action to make these sites safer. One of the lessons we all learned from the TVA coal ash spill is that a close look at these waste sites is extremely important," she said in a statement.
The December spill in Kingston flooded 300 acres and released coal ash into the Emory and Clinch rivers in Tennessee. No one was killed, but homes and other property were damaged. The TVA estimated cleanup costs at up to $825 million.
Also on the list was the large Little Blue Run Dam pond that holds waste from the First Energy Generation plant at Shippingport, Pa.
The list also include impoundments in Arizona, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia, Ohio and Montana.
Boxer said that she was glad to see the EPA release the list of the sites.
"I called on the administration to release the list of these high hazard sites so that people have the information they need to quickly press for action to make these sites safer. One of the lessons we all learned from the TVA coal ash spill is that a close look at these waste sites is extremely important," she said in a statement.
The December spill in Kingston flooded 300 acres and released coal ash into the Emory and Clinch rivers in Tennessee. No one was killed, but homes and other property were damaged. The TVA estimated cleanup costs at up to $825 million.
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