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On January 11, 2022 EPA announced an enforcement action involving ash ponds at certain coal-fired plants in Indiana, Ohio, Iowa and New York. The agency's proposal would deny the plants' requests for extensions beyond the 2021 deadline and would require them to close their ash ponds ahead of their proposed schedules.
There are four coal-ash basins at the H.F. Lee Steam Plant. [19] An active ash pond enclosed in a dyke lies opposite Quaker Neck Lake to the north of the river. [20] There are three inactive ash basins to the west of the river further upstream. [21] These are forested, do not impound water and are normally dry. [11]
The A. B. Brown Station ash management impoundment was formed by building a dam to block off the outlet of a natural ravine about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) from the Ohio river. The ash pond consists of two dams. The Lower dam (built in 1978) has been classified by the Indiana DNR as a Significant Hazard (State ID#65-7, permit #D-4405, rev 1). The ...
The Iowa Department of Agriculture embarked this month on the reclamation of 162 acres of abandoned mine land the Pella Wildlife Area, the largest of about 120 that have taken place in Iowa since ...
Mar. 15—Duke Energy continues efforts to close coal ash ponds, or basins, at its former Wabash River Generating Station along the Wabash River, according to a utility spokeswoman. The work ...
Such ponds are susceptible to disastrous releases, such as the Buffalo Creek flood of 1972 or the Martin County coal slurry spill of 2000, which released over 250 million gallons of coal slurry. [10] Coal slurry can contain hazardous chemicals such as arsenic and mercury and can kill aquatic wildlife, as was the case in the Martin County spill ...
Coal was originally used in America in the 1300s by the Hopi Indians as a way to cook their food, warm themselves and fire their clay. Coal did not resurface in the United States until 1673.
In 2018, the plant released 7,917,510 tons of CO 2, 4,547 tons of SO 2, and 2,572 tons of NO x. [10]There are three ponds at the plant which are used to store coal ash. Environmental groups like the Michigan Environmental Council claim that heavy metals and other residuals from these ponds have been leaking into groun