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EPAEPA CCRCCR RULERule Groundwater GROUNDWATER Monitoring MONITORING Commissioning Date: 1955 This fact sheet summarizes groundwater monitoring conducted by Commissioning Date: 19551955 This fact sheet summarizes groundwater monitoring conducted by TVA for the Output: 1,398 Megawatts (10 Billion TVAKingston as required Fossil Plant, by asthe required U.S. Environmentalby the U.S. Environmental Protection Protection Agency Agency (EPA) Output:kilowatt-hours 1,3981,398 perMegawattsMegawatts year) (10(10 BillionBillion Coal(EPA) CombustionCoal Combustion Residuals Residuals (CCR) (CCR) Rule.Rule. The The EPA EPA published published the CCR the Rule kilowatt-hourskilowatt-hours perper year)year) on April 17, 2015. It requires companies operating coal-fired power plants to study Number of homes powered: CCR Rule on April 17, 2015. It requires companies operating coal- NumberApproximately of homes 700,000 powered: homes whether constituents in CCR have been released to groundwater from active, fired power plants to study whether constituents in CCR have been Approximately 700,000 homes inactive and new CCR impoundments, as well as active and new CCR landfills. Wet to Dry / Dewatered releasedreleased toto groundwater.groundwater. ThisThis factfact sheetsheet addressesaddresses thethe EPAEPA CCRCCR WetConversion to Dry / Program:Dewatered Complete for RuleThe CCR groundwater Rule establishes monitoring multiple only.phases of protective groundwater monitoring Conversionfly ash, bottom Program: ash, and CompleteComplete gypsum forfor including baseline sampling, Detection Monitoring and Assessment Monitoring. flyfly ash,ash, bottombottom ash,ash, andand gypsumgypsum InInCorrective additionaddition action toto ongoingongoing may be necessary groundwatergroundwater at the monitoring monitoringcompletion of requiredrequired this process. underunder For more CCR Units Closed: 351 acres CCR Units Closed: 351351 acresacres Stateinformation regulations, on the CCR TVA Rule enhanced Groundwater the Monitoringmonitoring requirements, well network go to at the TVA Wide CCR Conversion Kingstonwww.tva.com/ccr Fossil Plant. to comply with the CCR Rule requirements. TVAProgram Wide Total CCR Spend: Conversion Approximately $1.3 Billion Additional wells were installed around the CCR management units Program Total Spend: Kingston Plant CCR Rule Groundwater Monitoring Network Approximately $1.3 Billion as needed and TVA implemented a baseline sampling program. After In addition to ongoing groundwater monitoring required under State regulations, completionTVA installed ofadditional the baseline wells around sampling, the CCR the management CCR Rule unit, requires as needed, TVA to beginand implemented monitoring a baselinegroundwater sampling in program.a step that After is completion called “Detection of the baseline Monitoring”. The constituents specified bysampling, the CCR TVA Rule began for Detection Detection Monitoring. Monitoring The constituents are boron, specified calcium, by chloride, the CCR fluoride, pH, sulfate, and total dissolvedRule for Detection solids Monitoring(TDS). These are boron, seven calcium, constituents chloride, occur fluoride, naturally pH, sulfate, in soils, rock, groundwater and surface water,and total and dissolved they are solids also (TDS). present These in seven coal constituents and in CCR. occur They naturally were in selected soils, by EPA because they can rock, groundwater and surface water, and can also be present in coal and in CCR. indicateindicate groundwatergroundwater conditionsconditions thatthat maymay requirerequire furtherfurther evaluation.evaluation. They were selected by EPA because they can indicate groundwater conditions that EPAmay requireCCR RULEfurther evaluation.GROUNDWATER MONITORING NETWORK FOR THE KINGSTON FOSSIL PLANT TVA installed “background wells” in locations that are not expected to be affected by the management of CCR. Other wells were drilled around the edge of the areas where CCR is managed or were already existing and being monitored. These wells are sometimes referred to as “downgradient wells” and placed inin locationslocations toto monitormonitor forfor releasesreleases toto groundwater.groundwater. TheThe locationslocations ofof thethe wellswells areare shownshown below.below.
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2018 Groundwater Monitoring Activities Since the initial groundwater monitoring results identified SSIs, TVA conducted an alternate source demonstration to determine if the exceedances were the result of another source or the result of an error in the sampling or analytical method, or natural variability in groundwater quality. The demonstration determined the SSIs were due to sources other than the Peninsula Disposal Area CCR unit. The demonstration is contained in the 2018 Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report. The report can be found at www.tva.com/ccr.
Next Steps for Kingston Fossil Plant CCR Rule Groundwater Monitoring TVA will continue detection monitoring for the Peninsula Disposal Area CCR Unit. In addition, the Kingston Plant has two CCR units that did not require detection monitoring under the original CCR Rule. However, these units are now included under the revised CCR Rule on a different schedule and the initial results of Detection Monitoring are included in the Initial Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report which will be posted to the CCR website on September 3, 2019.
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY | FACT SHEET AUGUST 13, 2019 CCR GROUNDWATER MONITORING