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Pr. William county board reaches accord with utility on controversial plan Pr. William board reaches accord with utility on coal ash ponds
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The Prince William County Board of Supervisors announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with Dominion Virginia Power that satisfies its concerns about the utility’s controversial plan to send water from coal ash ponds into a tributary of the Potomac River. The Prince William Board of County Supervisors announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with Dominion Virginia Power that satisfies the board’s concerns about the utility’s plan to send water from coal ash ponds into a tributary of the Potomac River.
The agreement provides “enhanced protection for Quantico Creek and the Potomac” from treated waters discharged from the ponds at Dominion’s Possum Point Power Station,” the board said. The agreement provides “enhanced protection for Quantico Creek and the Potomac” from treated waters discharged from the ponds at Dominion’s Possum Point Power Station, the board said.
The board is now “comfortable that the dewatering of the ponds will be done in a way that provides an additional level of protection, and that addresses concerns raised by our residents,” Corey Stewart, chairman of the county board, said in a statement from the county board. The board is now “comfortable that the dewatering of the ponds will be done in a way that provides an additional level of protection and that addresses concerns raised by our residents,” the board chairman, Corey A. Stewart (R), was quoted as saying in a statement from the county board.
Only two months ago, Stewart spoke in vehement opposition to the plan. Two months ago, Stewart spoke in vehement opposition to the plan. “I just can’t say in stronger terms how disgusted we are,” he said in January.
“I just can’t say in stronger terms how disgusted we are,” he said in January. In its statement Tuesday, the board said its appeal of a state discharge permit is being withdrawn, which appears to clear away a significant potential obstacle to the plan. But it was not clear Tuesday night whether the agreement would satisfy other opponents, including the state of Maryland. Maryland has sent notice of its intent to appeal Dominion’s permit.
In its statement, the board said its appeal of a permit for the discharge is being withdrawn, which appears to clear away a significant potential obstacle to the plan. But it was not clear Tuesday night whether the agreement satisfied other opponents, including the state of Maryland. Maryland has sent notice of its intent to appeal Dominion’s permit. Dominion received a permit in January from a Virginia regulatory board permitting the release of treated water into the creek. Dominion sought the permit as part of its effort to permanently seal five ash ponds at the Possum Point plant.
Dominion received a permit in January from a Virginia water regulatory board permitting diversion of treated water into the creek. Approval of the permit came as part of Dominion’s effort to permanently seal five ash ponds at the Possum Point plant. Dominion has stopped burning coal to generate electricity at Possum Point and has been seeking to comply with national regulations issued by the Environmental Protection Agency for the safe disposal of coal ash in all its forms.
Dominion has stopped burning coal to generate electricity at Possum Point, and has been seeking to comply with a nationwide mandate from the Environmental Protection Agency for safe disposal of coal ash in all its forms. However, environmentalists and Maryland and Northern Virginia officials have complained that the water-treatment standards in the permit are insufficient to protect fish and other wildlife in the area.
However, environmentalists as well as officials in Maryland and northern Virginia have complained that the water treatment standards in the permit were insufficient to protect fish and other wildlife in the area. In a statement Tuesday, Dominion said it had agreed to go beyond federal and state requirements. According to the county, the agreement includes provisions that all water receive advanced treatment, be sampled hourly and be tested by an independent laboratory.
In a statement issued Tuesday, Dominion said it had agreed to go beyond federal and state requirements. According to the county, the agreement includes provisions under which all water will be given advanced treatment, sampled hourly and tested by an independent laboratory.