Georgia Power continues to make progress on ash pond closure at Plant Mitchell with dewatering process scheduled to begin in February
First large-scale beneficial reuse project in state for stored ash in existing ash ponds
Beneficial reuse project will turn stored coal ash into Portland cement
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ATLANTA, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Georgia Power continues to make progress towards the closure of three ash ponds at Plant Mitchell with the dewatering process scheduled to begin in February. Dewatering marks a significant step towards completing the closure process, and Georgia Power s ash pond closure plan for Plant Mitchell is specifically designed for the site to help ensure water quality is protected every step of the way.
Last year was one of Georgia’s warmest and wettest years on record.
2019 still holds the top spot as Georgia’s warmest since record-keeping began in the late-1800s, and most recent years are in the top-10. 2020 is Georgia’s fourth warmest year on record. But there are ties in the second and third place positions, making it the state’s sixth warmest year.
That’s partially because, on average, the nights aren’t cooling off as much, said Bill Murphey, the state climatologist at the Georgia Environmental Protection Division.
“Those nighttime lows have really been creeping up over the past several years,” he said.
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As we begin this new year, there are quite a few laws that went into effect on January 1 after being signed by Governor Kemp. House Bill 888, or the “Suprise Billing Consumer Protection Act,” protects Georgia patients from surprise bills where they receive services at an in-network facility that are from an out-of-network provider. This bill will reduce the out-of-pocket costs Georgians pay for their healthcare needs.
The “Georgia Right to Shop Act,” Senate Bill 303, requires most insurers in Georgia to make available to Georgia consumers information on payment amounts for in-network healthcare providers, estimates of average amounts in-network providers will accept for health care services, estimates of out-of-pocket costs, an
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The New Mexico Attorney General is suing medical device sterilization company Sterigenics for emitting the carcinogenic gas ethylene oxide in excess of permissible limits.
The suit alleges Sterigenics plant in Santa Teresa, New Mexico has harmed the environment and potentially threatened human health by emitting high amounts of ethylene oxide since 1989. Sterigenics’ sites in Georgia and Illinois were the focus of emission concerns in 2019.
A spokesperson for Sterigenics parent company Sotera Health called the claims baseless and said it would vigorously defend itself against the lawsuit. Law firms submitted hundreds of cases against Sterigenics last year and some observers expect the Biden administration to give momentum to the efforts.
Coal ash. Itâs a burden that has been decades in the making, but has only recently been dealt with by the utility plants it has fueled.
Now some local residents are worried that it might end up in a landfill near them, even though the landfillâs developers have repeatedly said they would not accept coal ash.
Solid Solutions Development, the company proposing the Haralson County landfill, has said that it will not accept out-of-state waste in general and will not accept coal ash or sewer sludge at all.
Those conditions will be written into the agreement with the community, said Tee Stribling, one of the founders of the firm. That cannot be changed, he said. It will be written into the application for the permit and it will be written into the zoning.