Environmental groups want TVA prosecuted for spill

[dbackjon]

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091 ... +for+spill



Environmental groups said Monday that they want the Tennessee Valley Authority to be prosecuted for its huge coal ash spill in Tennessee and not shielded from penalties for polluting.



In response, officials with the nation's largest public utility said they are already subject to penalties and lawsuits filed by the Environmental Protection Agency and it's working to change the way it stores its coal ash.

The groups argue that TVA should not be protected from prosecution or penalties by a long-standing federal rule that limits how the Justice Department can prosecute federal agencies.

The Dec. 22, 2008, spill is considered one of the largest environmental disasters in TVA history. About 5.4 million cubic yards of metals-laden ash spilled when an earthen dike failed at the coal-powered plant and a cleanup is ongoing.

[Chizzang]

The TVA's long history of corruption and "who cares" we're bigger than you and we have Eminent domain, so go f_ck yourself attitude is spectacular...

It should have been dissolved in the 60's and exposed to civil suits from that point till now... and under those conditions it would now be bankrupt and gone...

[danefan]

The TVA's long history of corruption and "who cares" we're bigger than you and we have Eminent domain, so go f_ck yourself attitude is spectacular...

It should have been dissolved in the 60's and exposed to civil suits from that point till now... and under those conditions it would now be bankrupt and gone...

But then how would law students learn about eminent domain in Constitutional Law class?

Oh that's right, just another example of lawyers running the entire universe to keep them in business.

[clenz]

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