Pa. Power Company Never Inspected Plant Equipment That Failed, Data Show
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › October 31, 2005
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PPL Corp. officials never inspected the part of a power plant's discharge area that failed in August, causing a major environmental problem on the Delaware River across from Warren County, according to Pennsylvania records.
The Pennsylvania plant's 1,500-foot-long basin was to let the fly ash - a byproduct of burning coal - settle to the bottom while clear water from the top flowed out a discharge pipe. But a leaking barrier allowed the ash to mix with the discharge water, officials said. About 100 million gallons of coal ash slurry spilled into the river.See the full content of this document
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