Fly ash

Lawsuit claims Dominion saw golf course as 'coal ash dump'

Brian.Root — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:21:55 -0400

CHESAPEAKE A former construction manager say s Dominion Virginia Power directed the building of a golf course in southern Chesapeake with 1.5 million tons of fly ash to disguise the project's true purpose - as a coal waste dump.

Chesapeake to extend public water to fly ash site

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:41:09 -0400

CHESAPEAKE The city plans to begin construction this fall on a project to extend public water to residents around a golf course sculpted from 1.5 million tons of fly ash.

Dominion asks judge to throw out $1 billion fly-ash suit

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:36:23 -0400

CHESAPEAKE Dominion Virginia Power is asking a Chesapeake judge to dismiss the $1 billion lawsuit brought by residents living near Battlefield Golf Club, a site built on fly ash.

Chesapeake questions EPA contractor's fly-ash report

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:01:02 -0400

CHESAPEAKE The city is questioning the thoroughness of a report from an Environmental Protection Agency contractor paid to study possible contamination from coal residue used to build a golf course.

Dominion kept 7-year secret on fly ash's environmental risks

Sat, 02 May 2009 23:44:16 -0400

CHESAPEAKE Dominion Virginia Power was warned as far back as 2001 that building a golf course with fly ash from its local coal-fired power plant might pose environmental risks. Consultants hired by the utility said so based on two studies containing more than 350 pages of data and research.

400 residents sue Dominion, developer over fly-ash site

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:45:28 -0400

CHESAPEAKE Attorneys representing nearly 400 people, part of a "community trust" made up of residents who live near Battlefield Golf Club at Centerville, filed a lawsuit today in Chesapeake Circuit Court seeking damages in excess of $1 billion.

Chesapeake residents to file $1 billion lawsuit over fly ash

Brian.Root — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:03:52 -0400

Attorneys representing nearly 400 people who live near the Battlefield Golf Club at Centerville say they will file a lawsuit Friday in Chesapeake Circuit Court seeking a jury trial and damages in excess of $1 billion.

Fly ash standards board largely industry insiders

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:45:21 -0400

The state has tapped 13 experts to weigh changes to regulations governing fly ash. More than half of them - at least seven members - have ties to industry or businesses that use "coal combustion byproducts," which include fly ash. While the list includes a couple of academics and a state mining official, only two on the study group call themselves environmental advocates.

Some fly ash use would be limited under bill

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:50:58 -0500

CHESAPEAKE A local legislator has proposed a bill that would tighten the standards for fly-ash projects such as the Battlefield Golf Club at Centerville. "My bill is intended as an interim fix to prevent a repeat of the Battlefield Golf Club problem - in the interim - until the regulations are revised," said Del. Joe Bouchard, a newly elected Democrat from Virginia Beach.

Most-thorough study yet of fly-ash course near completion

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:07:32 -0500

CHESAPEAKE Dominion Virginia Power is nearing completion of the most intensive environmental study yet of Battlefield Golf Club at Centerville, which was contoured with more than a million tons of the company's fly ash. The utility expects to spend about $200,000 on the study, which began about a month ago. It includes 16 permanent groundwater monitoring wells and an array of soil samplings.