GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) - A federal utility is moving forward with plans to remove coal ash at a Tennessee power plant and move it to a lined, permitted landfill onsite.
The Tennessee Valley Authority says the plan at the Gallatin Fossil Plant is pending state approval. TVA’s preferred option is disposing the ash in an existing, lined dry storage landfill at the plant, a lined expansion of that landfill, or both.
In June 2019, TVA and the state agreed to close the wet coal ash storage areas and remove the ash at Gallatin.
The coal ash ponds were the subject of lawsuits by the state and environmental groups over concerns that they were leaking pollutants into the Cumberland River.
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