Ash that spilled into the brown embayment pictured above had been removed by June 2013, and workers placed a black plastic liner over an ash containment cell in the background, preparing to close it late in 2014. The ash spilled in December 2008 when a storage cell failed at the Kingston Fossil Plant, back left. (File photo)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Tennessee Valley Authority have their final public meeting on the cleanup of the 2008 ash spill in Kingston during a meeting this evening (Thursday, June 4).
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is also participating in the meeting on the Kingston Recovery Project.
The meeting is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 4, in the Roane County High School Auditorium.
Those who are participating include Craig Zeller, EPA, Kingston administrator; Bob Deacy, TVA, senior vice president of projects; and TDEC representatives. The meeting will include a presentation by the agencies and an informal question-and-answer session.
Roane County High School is at 540 West Cumberland Street in Kingston.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
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