Managing Challenges of a Fuel We Depend On

(Knoxville News Sentinel - October 18, 2009) Well over half of the electricity used by homes and businesses in the Tennessee Valley region comes from burning coal. This roughly mirrors the national use of coal, a plentiful domestic energy source that has fueled our economy and our way of life for many years.
 

Advanced Energy Stimulus Funds Approved for Mine Reclamation Project

(Columbus - October 16, 2009) An innovative project aimed at reclaiming abandoned mine lands around Ohio was authorized for funding from the Advanced Energy Job Stimulus Program at the October meeting of the Ohio Air Quality Development Authority (OAQDA).

The project also will test a potential, environmentally friendly method for using and disposing of byproducts created during combustion at Ohio’s coal-based power plants.

Developer of Chesapeake Golf Course Made with Fly Ash Speaks Out

The developer of a golf course made with coal ash speaks to TV cameras for the first time about the lawsuit against his company - against the advice of his lawyer. "My reaction to the lawsuit is that it contains more fiction that a Harry Potter novel." Neil Wallace is talking about the $2 billion dollar lawsuit claiming coal ash used to create the Battlefield Golf Course in Chesapeake is contaminating ground water with toxic metals.

Manager of TVA Cleanup Says Project Should be Done in 3 Years

After only three days on the job, the Tennessee Valley Authority's new point man for the Kingston ash spill cleanup predicted Thursday the project would be complete within three years. Steve McCracken, who was named general manager for the recovery project on Monday, said at a news conference at the Kingston Fossil Plant that the properties affected by the spill would be safe for people to return to and that he would have no qualms about living near the plant once the cleanup is finished.
 
 
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EPA Final Detailed Report on disposal of Coal Combustion Products

(EPA Official Report 10-2009) This report summarizes the information collected and analyzed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review discharges from the steam electric power generating industry and to determine whether the current effluent guidelines for this industry should be revised. EPA’s detailed study of wastewater discharges and treatment technologies associated with this industry evaluated a range of waste streams and processes.

Regulating Coal Ash as a Hazardous Waste Could Reduce the Stimulus Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Ranking members of the Oversight and Government Reform and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees, are writing the Department of Transportation, to draw their attention to the negative effects of EPA's proposed decision to regulate coal ash as a hazardous waste.  Members of congress are concerned that designating coal ash, a CCB frequently used in highway construction, as a hazardous waste could reduce the stimulus impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Please read the full letter to the Department of Transportation below.

 

TVA to give Roane County $40 Million for economic development

(Knoxville News Sentinel 9-14-09) Roane County communities will receive $40 million from TVA to be used toward economic development as part of a Tennessee Valley Authority effort to help the county recover from the Dec. 22 Kingston coal fly-ash spill, TVA and county officials announced today. TVA and Roane County leaders have established the Roane County Economic Development Foundation to administer the fund.
 

County wants millions to fix image after ash spill

(Associated Press 9-14-09) For a Tennessee community that fears being forever linked to one of the country's worst environmental disasters, an estimated $1 billion being spent to clean up a massive coal ash spill that flooded its lakeside homes isn't enough. Roane County leaders want millions more dollars to repair their economy and image after 5.4 million cubic yards of toxin-laden muck breached a holding pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant on Dec. 22.
 

Letter from United States Senator Pat Roberts to the EPA Opposing a Hazardous Waste Designation

I understand that you will soon make a decision how to best regulate coal combustion byproducts (CCBs). This decision will have major consequences for the nation's electric power sector, transportation infrastructure, hazardous waste management capabilities, and the Obama Administration's stated goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
 

Letter from United States Representatives to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Opposing a Hazardous Waste Designation

We understand that EPA is evaluating its regulatory options for the management of coal combustion byproducts (CCBs) and plans to propose federal management standards for CCBs by the end of the year. This issue involves an important component of the nation's overall energy policy as EPA's decision could affect electricity costs from coal-fired plants, the continued viability of CCB beneficial use practices (which plays a significant role in the reduction of greenhouse gases), and the ability of certain power plants to remain in service.

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