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Trucks climb a hill as they haul coal ash from one retention pond, foreground, to a permanent pond at the Dominion Power’s Possum Point Power Station in Dumfries, Va., Friday, June 26, 2015. The company is moving coal ash from several ponds to one lined pond. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

 

Dominion Virginia Power’s plan to drain water from its coal ash ponds into Quantico Creek and the Potomac River won state approval today despite opposition from environmental groups, a state senator and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

Source: Va. regulators approve permit for dewatering coal ash ponds in Prince William – Richmond Times-Dispatch: Business