All that’s left of the once-mighty, 1,007-feet-tall smokestack that towered over Plant Branch is a circular concrete base in an open field. Built in 1978, the smokestack was dropped in a controlled demolition on Oct. 15, 2016. COURTESY GEORGIA POWER
Source of the controversy: two buckets of coal ash at the soon-to-be-activated Plant Branch facility for treating coal ash and transforming it into a concrete-hardening agent. COURTESY GEORGIA POWER
PROJECT UNDERWAY TO PROCESS 600,000 TONS OF COAL ASH ANNUALLY AT FORMER PLANT BRANCH
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering a new permitting approach that could affect coal ash cleanup projects nationwide, including ongoing closure and recycling efforts at Georgia Power’s retired Plant Branch in southern Putnam County.
In an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published July…
