Morning update:

We had a well attended meeting tonight at the Roane County Courthouse. EPA's Craig Zoeller gave a good overview of the three EE/CA alternatives. TVA provided the CAG with a 3D flyby video that gave folks a better idea of what the site will look like when the smoke clears.

A problem with coal ash building up under docks just upstream of Kingston City Park was brought up by a homeowner. This problem will be looked into but several folks thought this area where the shore is exposed at low pond could be remediated. The homeowner also mentioned something far more disturbing that we need to carefully study: There were NO willow fly hatches in his area this past year. This could simply be a mechanical problem due to the amount of sediment or it could be a far more insidious problem due to selenium.

Questions were raised as to the fact that the proposed alternatives do not call for a liner underneath the coal ash, This would not be allowed under any permit application if this were a new landfill.

Water flow in and out of the proposed solutions continues to be questioned. The EE/CA alternatives have a cap that reduces rain water intrusion to a tenth of what the old facility had. This is good but does not address the issue of ground water flow or the issue of flow in and out of the dikes due to raising and lowering of the lake. This is much like the water table in tidal areas rising and falling with the tide even several miles inland. This would produce a continual flushing of the coal ash below stored at and below lake levels.