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22 lut 2024 · EPD issued a permit in November that allows Georgia Power to put a cap on a coal ash pond at Plant Hammond, but otherwise leave the ash in place in the ground. The permit also requires monitoring groundwater for contamination for at least 30 years.
20 sty 2022 · The following month, GEPD began the process of issuing permits for unlined ponds where ash would remain submerged in groundwater. State regulators issued a draft permit for the first of these sites, one of Plant Hammond’s ash ponds, a step that then allowed the public to comment on the closure plan.
14 lis 2023 · ATLANTA— Today Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division issued final permits to close Georgia Power’s Plant Hammond Ash Pond 3 in Floyd County. The state issued permit calls for capping more than 1 million tons of toxic coal ash in place, partially sitting in ground water on the bank of the Coosa River.
29 lip 2024 · At Plant Hammond, Georgia Power plans to excavate three of four coal ash ponds and move their contents to a landfill.
Plant Hammond began commercial operation in 1954 in Floyd County, Georgia and was retired in 2019. Prior to retirement, the plant had four coal-fired units capable of producing 800 MW of electricity. Ash Pond Dewatering Plan.
11 kwi 2024 · A recent order by the EPA telling an Ohio power plant it could no longer dispose of toxic coal ash in an unlined pond, thereby polluting groundwater, could have important implications for four Georgia Power sites.
12 sty 2022 · An Environmental Protection Agency determination this week directly contradicts a plan for the closure of an unlined ash pond at the defunct Plant Hammond in Coosa.
