West Virginia Public Radio
Just how much of a hazard are the EPA's "high hazardous potential" coal ash waste impoundments to West Virginians? It depends on how close you live to the site.
Four coal ash waste impoundments in West Virginia recently made the EPA’s “high hazardous potential” list.
These special dams made the national news in December when an impoundment broke, spilling a billion gallons of coal ash waste across Tennessee land and into the Emory River.
On June 18, the environmental law firm Earthjustice, along with other environmental groups, filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Environmental Protection Agency. The groups wanted to know where the “high hazard potential” coal ash waste impoundments in the United States were located.
At first, the US Department of Homeland Security didn't want to release the list. The office said the information could endanger local residents.
The debate ended Monday when the EPA released the information.
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