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2. Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill - Wikipedia

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   The Kingston Fossil Plant Spill was an environmental and industrial disaster that occurred on December 22, 2008, when a dike ruptured at a coal ash pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 billion US gallons (4.2 million cubic metres) of coal fly ash slurry.

3. Balefill - Wikipedia

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   United States. Dickson County, Tennessee, 14 acres (5.7 ha) balefill section opened 1990, partially closed 1996 [3]; Tooele County, Utah balefill at Tekoi, Skull Valley Indian Reservation, operated by Waste Management of Utah; balefill section operated until 2010; bales were approximately 45 inches (1,100 mm) x 45 inches (1,100 mm) x 60 inches (1,500 mm) and weighed 4,000 pounds (1,800 kg).

4. List of landfills in the United States - Wikipedia

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   BKK Landfill, West Covina - Largest hazardous waste landfill in the State [2] Canal Area, San Rafael – The "East San Rafael" area (the eastern portion of the Canal Area between the Bay and San Quentin Ridge) was home to most of the garbage disposal sites in central Marin County. Chiquita Canyon Landfill, Castaic [3] Eastlake Landfill, Clearlake

5. List of Superfund sites in Tennessee - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of Superfund sites in Tennessee designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]

6. Landfills in the United States - Wikipedia

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   It has been designated a National Historic Landmark, underlining the significance of waste disposal in urban society. The first federal legislation addressing solid waste management was the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965 (SWDA) [1] that created a national office of solid waste. By the mid-1970s, all states had some type of solid waste ...

7. Embreeville, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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   In November 1972, the Bumpass Cove Development Corporation [BCDC] discussed the feasibility and design of a proposed liquid waste incinerator to burn the hazardous and hard-to-treat liquid wastes. Tentative approval from the Division of Air Quality Control and Division of Solid Waste Management was given pending completion of a formal ...