From Hyde Farm-area resident Morning Washburn comes this report about the looming deadline for the public to comment on a proposed coal ash storage program in northwest Georgia by Georgia Power.
That deadline happens to be on Friday, as the Georgia Environmental Protection Division considers a permit application for the Plant Hammond AP-3 landfill near Rome.
It’s partially located in a 100-year floodplain, according to the Coosa River Basin Initiative, which is organizing efforts to speak out against the permit.
Washburn notes that Georgia Power has applications pending for pits at Plant McDonough in Smyrna, near the Chattahoochee River.
Those requests are slated to be considered in December and January.
“As a life-long advocate for healthy water, land, air and communities, I’m angry and appalled that anyone wants to keep coal ash in unlined pits next to the Chattahoochee River at Plant McDonough in Cobb County and other areas of Georgia,” Washburn told us.
She said she’s “contacting EPD, our Cobb Chamber of Commerce and Georgia Power about their need and this opportunity to take an active stand for long term ecological and economic leadership.”
Here is Georgia Power’s resource page providing updates on environmental compliance, including ash pond dewatering results and permits.
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