Can Alabama leave its 100 million tons of coal ash in unlined ponds along rivers, or will the state be forced to dig them out?
It’s a billion-dollar decision. Probably many billions. And people all around Alabama are waiting anxiously for the feds to decide what happens next.
That was the cheap option, which did not involve digging the ash out to put a liner underneath it. Much less removing it. That estimate also does not include ash ponds managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority and PowerSouth. “As far as we can tell, every coal ash lagoon or impoundment in Alabama is in contact with groundwater,” Holleman said. “We’re not aware of one that isn’t.”It’s not certain yet that EPA will force Alabama to excavate its ash ponds, though the statements from the agency seem to point in that direction.Almost certainly more than the $3.3 billion estimate from three years ago. How much more? No one has said yet.
“Alabama Power’s decision to close in place was thoroughly researched and vetted by third-party experts,” the company said in a statement toin September. “These experts evaluated both closure options for each of our sites and identified closure in place as the more favorable option. He also pointed to South Carolina, where the estimated cost of ash removal was first ballparked at $100 per ton but turned out to be only $20 per ton. All South Carolina utilities have now committed to move their coal ash to lined landfills.At a public hearing on EPA’s decision on Sept. 20, Alabama Power Vice President of Environmental Affairs Susan Comensky, argued that removal of coal ash presents challenges aside from cost.
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