[CPEO-BIF] "Santee Cooper files plan to enclose Grainger’s coal ash ponds," Conway, South Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Santee Cooper files plan to enclose Grainger’s coal ash ponds

David Wren
Myrtle Beach Sun News (SC)
March 18, 2013 

CONWAY  Santee Cooper on Monday filed plans with state regulators to enclose the coal ash ponds at its closed Grainger electric plant here into a cement-fortified vault designed to prevent contaminants, including arsenic, from seeping into nearby groundwater and the adjacent Waccamaw River, the state-owned utility said in a news release.

The proposal would need approval from the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control before it could be implemented.

DHEC spokeswoman Lindsey Evans said the proposal is under review but she “cannot speculate about how long that review will take.” Evans said the public would be given a chance to comment on the proposal before any action is taken.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/03/18/3388190/santee-cooper-files-plan-to-enclose.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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