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Comment period opens for proposed biosolids application permit
A long-awaited public comment period has opened for those wishing to respond to a permit proposal that would allow the application of biosolids to nearly 2,000 acres in Nelson County. [A large targeted acreage is on the James River in the Manteo area, across from...
EPA Report: More Action Is Needed to Protect Water Resources From Unmonitored Hazardous Chemicals
A Report from the EPA, Office of Inspector General September 29, 2014 Management controls put in place by the EPA to regulate and control hazardous chemical discharges from sewage treatment plants to water resources have limited effectiveness. The EPA regulates...
Dominion withdraws requests for state permits to close Chesapeake coal ash facility
By ROBERT ZULLO Richmond Times-Dispatch Dominion Virginia Power has asked the state Department of Environmental Quality to put the brakes, at least temporarily, on the permitting process that will govern the closing of its Chesapeake coal-ash landfill and ponds, which...
Duke Energy’s flood problems at Lee coal plant deepen: Coal ash released, safety inspections questioned
Oct 15, 2016, 9:09am EDT Updated Oct 15, 2016, 1:28pm EDT INDUSTRIES & TAGS Energy, Government & Regulations, Coal, Environment A 50-foot breach in the cooling-pond dam at Duke Energy’s H.F. Lee plant was visible at least a day before it was discovered, an...
Sludge in our Waters: An Investigation of Industrial Contaminants in Sewage Sludge and the Impacts on Surface Waters in North Carolina
A 27 page report from Riverkeepers of North Carolina on the downstream contamination by the concentrated toxic chemicals in biosolids. Read the report. Haw River Assembly: Defending the river since 1982 Catawba Riverkeeper Mission Statement: We educate and...
Biosolids: Synagro’s Record Compiled by Tyla Matteson and others
Synagro is the private company that distributes the sludge for the wastewater treatment plants which are owned by the state. In Virginia There was a lawsuit involving Synagro’s spreading 1 million gallons of hog waste material from Smithfield’s lagoons. The lawsuit...
How the EPA Faked the Entire Science of Sewage Sludge Safety: A Whistleblower’s Story
US EPA’s 503 sludge rule (1993) allows treated sewage sludges, aka biosolids, to be land-applied to farms, forests, parks, school playgrounds, home gardens and other private and public lands. According to a recent EPA survey, biosolids contain a wide range of...
Prince William to continue testing wells near coal ash ponds
Prince William County has ordered additional water tests at two houses near Dominion Virginia Power’s coal ash ponds despite a report from a county-hired contractor ...“One reason we’re going out and doing more testing is because some of those test results were...
Dominion Virginia Power begins discharging treated coal ash water into James River – Richmond Times-Dispatch: Virginia News
For Marion Kanour, it was a sad but not surprising climax to months of protests, demonstrations and lobbying against Dominion Virginia Power’s plans to discharge millions of gallons of treated coal ash wastewater into the James River. Source: Dominion Virginia Power...