COAL COMBUSTION WASTE STORAGE AND WATER QUALITY

摘要

John M. McManus, vice president, environmental services, for American Electric Power, delivered this testimony at an April 30, 2009, hearing before the House of Representatives transportation and infrastructure subcommittee on water resources and environment. His statement was on behalf of aep, Edison Electric Institute (eei), and the Utility Solid Waste Activities Group (USWAG), a consortium of EEl, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, and more than 100 electric utility operating companies, which together represent more than 85 percent of the total electric generating capacity of the United States. Last December, at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant, the retaining wall of a coal ash containment pond gave way, releasing coal ash into the Emory River and surrounding area. The hearing's purpose was to explore the status of the regulation of coal ash and other coal combustion byproducts across the country.