EPA Comes Clean with List of 44 Coal Ash Facilities

Last week, the EPA and the Obama Administration took a lot of heat for refusing to disclose the locations of Coal Ash Facilities in the United States. They reason (they said) was that these could be possible sites for future terrorist activities.

Well the EPA just released a press announcement:

“As part of its ongoing efforts to protect human health and the environment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has posted a list of 44 “high hazard potential” impoundments containing coal combustion residuals, commonly referred to as coal ash, at 26 different coal burning electric utility facilities. EPA is releasing this information after interagency coordination with FEMA’s Risk Analysis Division Mitigation Directorate and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.”

“The presence of liquid coal ash impoundments near our homes, schools and business could pose a serious risk to life and property in the event of an impoundment rupture” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “By compiling a list of these facilities, EPA will be better able to identify and reduce potential risks by working with states and local emergency responders.”

The press release goes on to say that the following 44 sites will continue to receive critical care and attention.

This is information that must be broadcast, for as the EPA put it, these facilities “pose a serious risk to life and property in the event of an impoundment rupture.”

Twilight Earth looks forward to being involved to ensure that the following facilities receive “the attention they deserve.”

Source: EPA

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