Related: Tennessee Geiger Counter Clicking Over Coal Spill
"EPA takes charge of coal ash cleanup" by Associated Press | May 12, 2009
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The US Environmental Protection Agency will oversee the cleanup of a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee that brought national attention to the risks of storing the power plant byproduct.
That attention sure vanished quick, didn't it?
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said yesterday the federal agency is taking charge and "bringing to bear its resources and expertise" under the federal Superfund law.
So far, the EPA has been assisting state regulators with the cleanup of 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash that spilled Dec. 22 from a retention pond at the
The spill covered 300 acres with toxic muck, destroyed or damaged 40 homes, and stirred a national debate on regulating ash facilities around the country.
Debate? Where?
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I didn't mean this kind: Climate change
