The site of a Tennessee Valley Authority landfill in Kingston, Tenn., is pockmarked with sinkholes and not suited for the long-term storage of waste from coal combustion, according to environmentalists opposed to an expansion of the facility.
TVA has filed with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation for a major permit modification for a Class II landfill permit for storage of gypsum waste, fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag, cinders and clinkers generated by the Kingston Fossil Plant.
At least a half dozen groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, the Southern Environmental Law Center, Tennessee Clean Water Network, the Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment, the Sierra Club, the Environmental Integrity Project and Earthjustice, expressed concerns last week that the karsts and sinkholes under the landfill could allow the waste to migrate to the Clinch River.
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