« Law - Promising start for Obama re public records, transparency and open government | Main | Ind. Decisions - No transfer list yet for the week ending Jan. 16th »

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Environment - West Virginia DEP orders review of its fly ash impoundments

From an AP story this afternoon:

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia is taking a closer look at 18 fly ash impoundments to make sure the dams are structurally sound and built to current safety standards. * * *

DEP is requiring dam owners to provide updated inspection reports from their engineers, along with evaluations of structural stability. They must also identify whether there's a risk the impoundment could affect underground mines.

State inspectors will then document each impoundment with aerial photographs and ground inspections. A report should be ready for the public by summer.

See a list of ILB entries involving "coal ash" here.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 21, 2009 04:22 PM
Posted to Environment