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Kingston Fossil Plant
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TENNESSEE COAL ASH SPILL
Sierra Club to file environmental lawsuit against Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
January 7, 2009 -- The Sierra Club and three other environmental groups today announced their intent to initiate an environmental lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for negligence in connection with the Dec. 22 coal ash spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant, located 40 miles west of Knoxville.
“This catastrophic spill was a colossal tragedy, and the Tennessee Valley Authority could have avoided this disaster had it taken its responsibilities seriously,” said Bruce Niles, director of Sierra Club’s National Coal Campaign.
Four environmental groups — Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment, Earthjustice, Public Justice, and the Sierra Club — joined 40 local families to request that a federal court oversee the cleanup and compensation in the wake of the nation’s largest coal-ash spill. More than 300 acres of land have been smothered by toxic chemical sludge, threatening local water supplies and real estate values.
The toxic deluge from the failed holding pond destroyed three homes and damaged 42 parcels of land when the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Steam Plant collapsed Dec. 22.
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