A storage site for the ash residue generated by a coal-burning Charles County power plant has drawn opposition from residents who describe it as a toxic dump that could be polluting wetlands. The ...

GLEN LYN — The old Appalachian Power Co. plant here sits above the New River — and above coal ash storage ponds, the type of facility that earlier this year fouled miles of the Dan River. About 10 ...

While the industry sees profitable opportunities for fly ash in industrial applications, they find it uneconomical for use in abandoned mining fill sites. The Union Government recently issued a draft ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to begin construction of a new coal ash dump at its Cumberland coal-fired plant in 2021 and is investigating whether its current waste storage system is ...

Additionally, all coal-ash storage sites not owned by a municipality are responsible for providing financial assurance in the form of bonds, a trust fund or letter of credit ensuring the remediation ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power plants, ordering utilities to stop dumping waste into unlined ...

On one hand, with the retirement of coal-fired power plants the supply of fly ash has decreased. Fly ash is one of the most popular supplemental cementitious materials (SCM) in the industry, so it’s ...

After years of work by environmental activists to push action on the issue, the Illinois Pollution Control Board has issued findings and recommendations related to the regulation of coal ash storage — ...

The Duke facility’s ash was a slurry closer to the Glen Lyn plant’s bottom ash pond, rather than the dry fly ash storage area that is being closed. Perhaps more importantly, the Duke facility had an ...