NOTE:- The virtual public meeting is at 7 PM on Thursday August 20th. You MUST contact Patrick Kennedy to get an email link to the meeting. They also have a way to phone in to the meeting with a sign in code if you do not have computer access. This is followed by a 30 day public comment period to IDEM if you miss the meeting.
Comments should be sent to:
John Hale, IDEM Office of Land Quality, 100 North Senate Avenue, IGCN 1154, Indianapolis, IN 46204-3403
OR email him at jhale@idem.in.gov
OR fax Att'n John Hale- 317-232-3403
Here's a summary of the attached public notice: ( Published in Register 8/13/20 and reportedly filed at Lawrenceburg Library)
Tanners Creek Development LLC -- the owner of the former Tanners Creek power plant site -- has scheduled a virtual public meeting regarding the closure/post-closure plans to be held August 20, 2020 at 7:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. Please contact Patrick Kennedy at Tanners Creek Development LLC at (314) 835-2822 or pkennedy@enviroanalyticsgroup.
With its notice, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management initiates a period during which the public may submit comments regarding the closure/post-closure plans. This public comment period ends September 19, 2020 (30 days after the public meeting date).
Please note that you need to reach Mr. Kennedy at Tanners Creek for information on joining the virtual meeting.
The notice of the virtual public meeting and public comment period is attached. Below is information on the two open dump areas and the proposed closure plan.
Areas 1 and 2 (Slag pond 4 and Bottom ash processing area)
Both areas determined by IDEM to be open dumping sites. Subject to enforcement action and Agreed Order approved May 8, 2019
Area 2 to be closed in place, Area 1 ash to be excavated and moved to Area 2.
Area 1
- 2 acres
- 16,000 cubic yards of ash; up to 5 feet deep
Area 2
- 17 acres
- 175,000 cubic yards of ash; up to 20 feet deep – 5 to 11 feet below groundwater level
- Area 2 is on opposite side of a flood control levee from a residential neighborhood in the City of Lawrenceburg.
