coal combustion residual News
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EPA releases reports on dam integrity assessments at 17 coal ash impoundments
As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ongoing national effort to assess the management of coal combustion residuals, EPA is releasing the final contractor reports assessing the structural integrity of 17 impoundments and similar management units containing coal combustion residuals, commonly referred to as coal ash, at nine facilities. These 17 impoundments have a “high” or ...
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EPA Evaluation Finds Use of Coal Ash in Concrete and Wallboard Appropriate
Using a newly developed methodology, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released its evaluation of the two largest beneficial uses of encapsulated coal combustion residuals (CCR or coal ash): use in concrete as a substitute for portland cement, and the use of flue gas desulfurization gypsum as a substitute for mined gypsum in wallboard. EPA’s evaluation concluded that the ...
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NWRA and EREF to Hold Coal Ash Management Forum
The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) and the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) will partner to hold the Coal Ash Management Forum on July 21 - 22, 2016. The conference aims to be a forum where both the utility and waste management industries can share ideas, research, operations strategies and case studies on how to manage coal ash beneficially or in a ...
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EPA Sampling Shows No Health Risk at Rotary Drilling Supply Site and Willers Lake
EPA Region 7’s sampling and analysis of soil and water at Rotary Drilling Supply, Inc.’s property near Crystal City, Mo., indicates no human health risk from the coal combustion residuals (CCR) waste there. EPA also indicated that adjacent Willers Lake does not pose a risk to human health and is appropriate for public use, including swimming, boating, fishing and fish consumption. ...
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EPA posts list of 44 “high hazard potential” coal ash waste impoundments
As part of its ongoing efforts to protect human health and the environment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has posted a list of 44 “high hazard potential” impoundments containing coal combustion residuals, commonly referred to as coal ash, at 26 different coal burning electric utility facilities. EPA is releasing this information after interagency coordination with FEMA’s Risk Analysis ...
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Removing heavy metals from power plant wastewater to meet EPA regulations
Two Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, intertwined and consistently in flux, are having an impact on waste streams in power plants. Important power plant wastewater regulations include Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELGs) for flue gas desulfurization (FGD) and limitations for coal combustion residuals (CCRs) for coal ash ponds. Coal-fired utilities are looking for solutions ...
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EPA releases survey results on coal ash impoundments
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making information publicly available from electric utilities on the management of coal combustion residuals contained in surface impoundments and similar management units. Following the coal ash spill at a Tennessee Valley Authority facility in Kingston, Tenn., EPA requested the information from electric utilities to inform an assessment of the ...
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EPA Approves the State of Kansas’ Coal Ash Management Plan
Simultaneously with the effective date of the first national regulations for the safe disposal of coal combustion residuals (coal ash) from coal-fired power plants, EPA Region 7 gave conditional approval to the State of Kansas’ plan to implement the rule’s provisions Monday, Oct. 19. “We applaud the State of Kansas for their leadership in protecting human health and the ...
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Tetra Tech Awarded $14 Million Orlando Utilities Commission Landfill Design/Build Program
Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that it has been awarded a $14 million design/build contract to help the Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) expand its Stanton Energy Center coal combustion product landfill in Orlando, Florida. Tetra Tech will provide all project management, field exploration, design, permitting, construction, and construction quality assurance services as part of ...
By Tetra Tech
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EPA announces new action to prevent coal ash releases
Responding to last year’s massive coal ash spill at a Tennessee Valley Authority facility in Kingston, Tennessee, the US Environmental Protection Agency today laid out new efforts to prevent future threats to human health and the environment. The agency’s plan includes measures to gather critical coal ash impoundment information from electrical utilities nationwide, conduct on-site assessments ...
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Safe and Effective Coal Ash Dewatering Project History
Not only for EPA compliance, but to maintain the integrity of your excavations and to stay on schedule and within budget. Project Background The project consisted of lowering the groundwater and dewatering the coal ash basin to allow for the excavation of residual ash accumulated in the basin. In addition to this, it supported the installation of a new liner which allowed the ash pond to be ...
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Tetra Tech to Acquire Cornerstone Environmental Group
Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cornerstone Environmental Group of Middletown, New York and anticipates closing this transaction in May 2015. Cornerstone is an environmental engineering and consulting firm focused on solid waste markets in the United States. The company has more than 160 employees and approximately $30 million ...
By Tetra Tech
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Geosynthetics for CCR Containment and Closure
New federal regulations on the disposal of coal combustion residuals represent new approaches in response to events where coal ash has been inadvertently released from impoundments, the blowing of contaminants into the air and the leakage of potential contaminants into groundwater. “The rule establishes technical requirements for landfills and surface impoundments under Subtitle D of the ...
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EPA takes action to protect groundwater from coal ash contamination
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking several actions to protect communities and hold facilities accountable for controlling and cleaning up the contamination created by decades of coal ash disposal. Coal combustion residuals (CCR or coal ash), a byproduct of burning coal in coal-fired power plants, contains contaminants like mercury, cadmium, and arsenic that without ...
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GSE Environmental Hosts Coal Ash Technical Seminar
GSE Holding, Inc., (NYSE:GSE) the leading global manufacturer and provider of geosynthetic lining products and services, held a Coal Ash Technical Seminar on October 18 in Chantilly, VA. The seminar, led by a panel of seven of the world’s top geosynthetics experts, covered a variety of topics of concern to the coal ash industry, particularly in regard to coal ash combustion and storage. ...
By Solmax
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Coal Ash and Protecting Communities and the Environment from Potential Exposure Hazards
Earlier this year a report published by the Environmental Integrity Project, with help from Earthjustice, examined monitoring data from U.S. coal-fired power plants to assess potential groundwater pollution from coal ash. In the report, the organizations found that 91% of the 265 power plants with monitoring data of nearby groundwater found contamination from one or more pollutants found in coal ...
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Coal Ash Regulations and Protecting Workers, Communities and the Environment from Exposure Risks
When coal is burned by power plants to produce electricity, coal ash is created. Also known as coal combustion residuals (CCRs), it is one of the largest types of industrial waste generated in the country according to the U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA). In 2014, coal-fired electric utilities generated approximately 130 million tons of it in the U.S. alone. One year later, the EPA ...
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EPA Announces First National Regulations to Safeguard Disposal of Coal Ash
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the first national regulations to provide for the safe disposal of coal combustion residuals (coal ash) from coal-fired power plants. The final rule establishes safeguards to protect communities from coal ash impoundment failures, like the catastrophic Kingston, Tenn., spill in 2008, and establishes safeguards to prevent groundwater ...
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Perry Plant Returns to Service After Refueling
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), announced its Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio, returned to service today following a scheduled shutdown for refueling and maintenance, beginning on April 18, 2011.The 1,268-megawatt unit began producing electricity at 12:35 a.m. Power levels will vary over the next several days as part of ...
By FirstEnergy
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EPA Regulatory Agenda emphasizes climate change, chemical security, clean water and air
The Environmental Protection Agency in 2014 plans to develop regulations aimed at addressing climate change, securing chemicals, providing clean water and improving air quality, according to an updated regulatory agendaposted Nov. 26. All are long-standing priorities for EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, as they were for her predecessor, Lisa Jackson. “Science, law and transparency ...
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