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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	I'm here GF....just for you
	Date:	1/6/2012 6:39:44 PM

OK GF, you have baited me into responding to this. Actually I was going to at some point anyway. First of all, this is not at all a liberal lie. It is in fact a liberal environmental wacko distortion to support their anti-American/anti-capitalist socialist agenda. But let me explain....

The TRI simply lists the quantity of various constituents generated in waste as opposed to addressing any toxicity or human health or ecological risk assessment issues. What you have to understand is that the metals in the ash ponds comes from a naturally occurring substance, coal. You see, soil (or dirt for you uneducated peons) is composed primarily of metals which is the primary source of inorganics in the plants that get concentrated in coal and slightly more concentrated in the ash as the carbon is consumed when the coal is burned. But in essence the concentration of metals in the ash is not significantly more than in naturally occurring coal.

But the issue is not the quantity of metals generated in the ash but whether the ash itself represents a threat to human health and the environment. Now as it turns out I have a tremendous amount of experience answering that very question (I know...surprise, surprise....). I was the principal investigator of most of Georgia Power's ash ponds when the Georgia Environmental Protection Division mistakenly (in hindsight) required them to be thoroughly investigated under their state Superfund law. What we found after substantial investigation and Georgia Power having spent millions of dollars was that there was in fact no risk to human health or the environment that required any remedial action whatsoever. And this covered every ash pond at each of their plants and was not a small sampling effort. Most importantly for the environmental wackos out there, the EPD (who by the way is much more restrictive than ADEM and USEPA for that matter) signed off on every project.

And I can tell you that these ash ponds provide a wonderful habitat for flora and fauna. The bigger issue with the ash ponds doesn't relate to toxicity from the metals but more the potential fish kills resulting from breaching of dikes and the turbidity of the ash causing physical toxicity for aquatic organisms (i.e., it clogs gills so they can't breathe).

I could go on and on and there is no doubt APCO needs to properly maintain their ash ponds. But unless they magically use different coal than their sister company GPC then there should be no toxicity issues with their ash ponds. And the USACE is the agency to ensure that they maintain the dams and dikes properly. So you can rest easy GF......all is well. And the TRI is frequently misused by environmental wacko groups to promote their bizarre agenda. I am glad I was here to set you straight on that one.

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I'm here GF....just for you - MartiniMan - 1/6/2012 6:39:44 PM

I'm here GF....just for you - GoneFishin - 1/6/2012 7:46:50 PM

I'm here GF....just for you - Barneget - 1/6/2012 9:38:31 PM

I'm here GF....just for you - buzzbuster - 1/8/2012 12:09:48 AM

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