American Electric Power is being required by The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to conduct safety tests on waste impoundments at a West Virginia coal-burning plant to ensure their structural stability.
Although the impoundments at the Philip Sporn plant aren't considered an immediate failure risk, EPA said it was requiring the tests because the structures have similar designs to one that failed last December in Tennessee.
Nov 3 · 1:26:00 PM · Source: AP
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