To the Roane County CAG April 28, 2010

To the Roane County CAG

April 28, 2010

Utility restorations continues

Utility restorations continue along Hassler Mill Road to the Spring House, along U.S. 70 between I-40 and U.S. 70, along Swan Pond Circle Road, and from Hassler Mill to Frost Hollow Road. Work to build a construction road for heavy equipment that will be used for utility restoration began this week along the hillside, parallel to the railroad tracks, across from the north entrance to the recovery project site  This work will not impact travel. All utility restoration work is on track to be finished early this summer.

Dredge Plan Addendum-Completion of Time Critical Removal Action 

The approved Dredge Plan Addendum is now available on the TVA Kingston website.  On March 5, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) On-Scene Coordinator (OSC) issued a memorandum documenting the final dredge depth defined by the time-critical removal action.  The three primary purposes of the addendum are to (a) document the objectives of the time-critical removal action and define the completion of the action in the river and the embayments east of Dike 2, (b) provide a decision-making process for reaching agreement where no further time-critical action is required or where the time-critical removal is complete, and (c) describe the ash removal operations including the remaining tasks, equipment, and schedule required to complete the time-critical removal action in the Emory River and east of Dike 2.

Mike Scott Leaving Kingston Ash Recovery Project

Friday, April 30, will be Mike Scott’s last official day with the Kingston Ash Recovery Project.  Mike has served as Deputy Manager of the recovery project since January 4, 2009.  He will assume new responsibilities as General Manager of Engineering Support Services in the TVA River Operations organization in Chattanooga.

Equipment Testing on Scrubber Continues

You may see a plume from the scrubber on several days over the next weeks as the plant continues to test equipment in order to ready the scrubber for operation.  No date is specified for its start-up, but we will be sure to notify you in advance of that happening.

If you have any questions, please give Katie Kline or me a call.

Jane Greenwalt

Project Manager, Community Outreach

Tennessee Valley Authority

Kingston Ash Recovery Project

New Scrubber Testing

To the Roane County CAG

April 21, 2010

Equipment Testing

Beginning Thursday, April 22, and continuing Friday and Monday and Tuesday next week, the Kingston Fossil Plant will begin testing equipment.  The testing could create a plume from the scrubber but it is from the testing only and not tied to power generation.  The plant is not currently running units. 

Jane Greenwalt

Project Manager, Community Outreach

Tennessee Valley Authority

Kingston Ash Recovery Project

Safety Blitz to Stop Traffic

To Roane County Community Advisory Group

April 13, 2010

Norfolk Southern plans “Safety Blitz”

On Wednesday, April 14, Norfolk Southern (NS) Railway will conduct a “Safety Blitz” near the Kingston Fossil Plant as part of Operation Lifesaver.  NS and TVA police will briefly stop traffic at various locations along Swan Pond Road, from 6:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Wednesday to assist the local NS safety committee in distributing safety literature to motorists.

Operation Lifesaver is a non-profit, international, continuing public education program established to end collisions, deaths and injuries at places where roadways cross train tracks and on railroad rights-of-way.  For more information on Operation Lifesaver you can visit the Website at http://www.oli.org/about/about_overview.htm.

Five hundred birdhouses to be installed 

Five hundred  tree swallow birdhouses that were built and purchased locally, will soon be installed at various locations near the river.  Tree swallows are excellent birds to use to evaluate ecological effects of the ash on wildlife since they consume insects from the river, are attracted to the birdhouses and return to them every year.  

Storm water samples for March 28, 2010

Attached are the storm water sampling results for March 28, 2010, as requested by Mrs. Timm.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call Katie Kline or me at 865-717-1645.

Jane Greenwalt

Project Manager, Community Outreach

Tennessee Valley Authority

Kingston Ash Recovery Project

River Mile 5 - 6

To Roane County Community Advisory Group

April 09, 2010

North Embayment Ash Consolidation Work to begin

The Work Plan for the consolidation of ash from two outlying areas in the North Embayment to a more centralized area where it can be dried and graded has been approved, and work is expected to begin within two weeks and will continue until all the ash has been consolidated.  The ash will be placed atop the existing ash in the North Embayment.  Air monitoring station 6 will be relocated to the north to better serve the area, and hand-held monitoring will be used and coordinated with EPA and TDEC.

Mechanical dredging to begin between Emory River miles 5 and 6

Letters are being sent to residents living in the area between Emory River miles 5 and 6 to notify them that mechanical dredging in this area is expected to begin the week of April 12.   A small amount of ash has been found that can only be removed by mechanical dredging from a barge.  The work is essential to a thorough cleanup of the river.  We expect that about four barge loads of material will be removed each day and that this work will continue around the clock for about four weeks.  Every effort will be made to position our equipment and adjust our activities to minimize disturbance from the noise that is unavoidable with this type of work.

If you have any questions, please give Katie Kline or me a call.

Jane Greenwalt

Project Manager, Community Outreach

Tennessee Valley Authority

Kingston Ash Recovery Project

Office:  865.717.1645

Site Update

To Roane County Community Advisory Group

April 09, 2010

Low altitude flyover at TVA Kingston Fossil Plant

On Friday, April 9, 2010, a low altitude flyover will be conducted by helicopter at the Kingston Fossil Plant.  The purpose of the flyover is for TVA to update its aerial imagery of the site. 

Storm water samples for March 26, 2010

As requested by Mrs. Timm on March 28, attached are the storm water results for rain event samples collected on March 26, 2010.  Mrs. Timm also requested results for the samples collected on March 28 which have not been received.  As soon as we have them they will be forwarded to the CAG.

Temporary blockages at Swan Pond Road railroad crossing

As we previously advised the CAG, Norfolk Southern (NS) began routine maintenance of its tracks near the Kingston Fossil Plant today.  Without advance notice from NS, due to the track maintenance, some of the empty rail cars being delivered to the Kingston Ash Recovery Project had to be decoupled to be brought onto the site.  This required temporary blockages of the Swan Pond Road railroad crossing while the railcars were being moved. 

In addition, a short occurred in the  electrical circuit that controls the arms at the crossing.  TVA police were notified as soon as possible when the malfunction occurred and directed traffic around the arms.   We apologize for any inconvenience experienced due to the delays and for the lack of advance notification to the community.  We have requested NS to provide us with advance notice in the future when they become aware that these types of disruptions may occur.  

NS will discontinue this maintenance work today and resume on Monday.  They expect to complete this phase of the work by next week but will return to the area in May to finish the next phase.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Katie Kline or me.

Jane Greenwalt

Project Manager, Community Outreach

Tennessee Valley Authority

Kingston Ash Recovery Project

Office:  865.717.1645