Coal Ash Studies

Damage Cases

In its Feb. 11, 2008 report, “Comments on the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency’s Coal Combustion Waste Damage Assessment

(July 2007),” the Earthjustice Clean Air Task Force says an increase in

proven damage cases acknowledged by the EPA is “highly significant.”

This Earthjustice report summarizes the results of the EPA’s July 2007

report on confirmed damages, and points out areas that still need

investigation.

Damages Cases (PDF)

SOURCE: http://www.earthjustice.org/

Disaster in Waiting

The massive spill of coal ash from ’s Kingston plant in in

December dramatized the cost of unsafe disposal practices. The

Environmental Integrity Project’s Disaster in Waiting report identifies those facilities

that dispose of toxic metals in surface impoundments in high volumes, in

some cases greater than amounts reported by Kingston.

Note: After this report was released, Stanton Energy Center in Orlando,

Florida has contacted EIP to inform us that the company mistakenly

submitted incorrect information to the USEPA’s Toxics Release Inventory.

According to Stanton Energy Center, the company incorrectly reported

that their coal combustion waste is disposed of in a surface

impoundment. Stanton Energy informed EIP that their coal combustion

waste is actually deposited in a dry landfill, and the company intends

to submit a revised Toxics Release report to the USEPA.

Disaster in Waiting (PDF)

SOURCE: http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/