Widows Creek Fossil Plant, Can a Kingston Type Disaster Happen Here?

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Lets look at some facts.

Civil Penalty and Fines-http://www.adem.state.al.us/PublicNotice/Jan/AO/1TVA.htm ; Enviromental Release Reports- http://www.scorecard.org/env-releases/facility.tcl?tri_id=35772STVWDCOUNT#major_chemical_releases ; Pollution Ranking in State- http://www.scorecard.org/ranking/rank-facilities.tcl?how_many=100&drop_down_name=Total+environmental+releases&fips_state_code=01&sic_2=All+reporting+sectors

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TVA's description of Widows Creek: http://www.tva.gov/sites/widowscreek.htm

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More Reports: http://www.thearabtribune.com/articles/2008/12/31/news/news3.txt

TVA Ignores Leaks: http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/energy/node/454

Coal Waste Pollution, leaks from the Widows Creek Ash Pond have been reported: " Two additional TVA sites are also responsible for groundwater contamination, the Colbert and Widows Creek plants, both in Alabama on the Tennessee River. The Widows Creek plant has had high levels of lead, iron, manganese, aluminum, sulfates and boron. The Colbert site is over standard for sulfate, chromium, selenium, iron, molybdenum and boron." http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/frontporch/blogposts/coal_wastes_contaminate_hundreds_of_sites_in_us/

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Prior Warnings Go Unheeded: "Empty Promise" http://www.southernstudies.org/2008/12/empty-promise-the-broken-federal-commitment-behind-tenne.html

Can a disaster occur in Jackson County such as occured at Kingston, Tn.? The answer is yes, I think there is a genuine problem with the TVA and its bureaucratic deceitfulness.

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Coal Soot Dangers, 24,000 annual deaths. http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2004/2004-06-10-10.asp