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27 Apr, 2008 12:00 pm
... Photo of the snail darter, from Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources., available at Outdoor Alabama SUMMARY AND EXCERPTS: The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a federal agency, began constructing a
dam on the Tennessee River. "When ... § 7 of the Endangered Species Act. Its very words affirmatively command all federal agencies "to insure
that actions authorized, funded, or carried out by them do not jeopardize the continued existence" of an endangered species or "result in the ...
4 Jan, 2007 6:39 pm
... I met a man named David Lilienthal. He was a spry, friendly guy -- I don't remember much more. I remember that I was told that he had run the Tennessee Valley Authority. I wish I could talk to him now. Here's
Lilienthal, on the far right: (On the left is Arthur Morgan, and in the middle is Harcourt Morgan. Harcourt Morgan and David Lilienthal eventually ousted Arthur Morgan.) If you have a
moment, read FDR's remarks ...
29 Dec, 2008 2:51 pm
Kingston Update Page: "TVA, local, state and federal agencies continue to work on recovery and clean up of a release...
31 Jan, 2008 1:55 pm
... Tennessee to sue the North Carolina Valley Authority?
Today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a federal district court's decision that refused to dismiss North Carolina's common-law nuisance
action against the Tennessee Valley Authority. The lawsuit
contends that the TVA's coal-fired power plants in Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky emit various pollutants that travel through the atmosphere
into North Carolina, adversely impacting ...
24 Nov, 2006 7:10 am
... yesterday morning that they might have a leak of radioactive cooling water inside the plant. As a protective measure, the Tennessee
Valley Authority declared the possible leak an "unusual event," the least severe federal
classification for nuclear power plant problems ... event" at the nuclear power plant was really just a miscalculation, news of the evacuation has made it everywhere from
Tennessee to Australia to South Africa. Watts Bar President Mike Skaggs states in several of those news stories ...
11 May 1:00 pm
U.S. EPA signed an enforceable agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to oversee the removal of coal ash at the TVA Kingston Fossil Fuel Plant in Roane County, TN, where more than five million cubic yards of coal
ash spilled. Under the agreement EPA will oversee the cleanup and TVA will reimburse EPA for [...]
27 Feb 11:23 am
The recent massive coal ash spill at TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) Kingston Fossil Plant has brought the dangers associated with current methods of coal ash storage ... , lead, chromium, arsenic and benzene to name
a few. Shockingly, the response of the local authorities was to utterlydownplay the dangers and to advise people to boil their water. Thatwould be good ... 's Kingston Fossil
Plant in Roane County,Tennessee, USA. 1.1 billion gallons (4.2 million m³) of coal fly ash slurry was released. ...
26 Jan 8:02 am
The Knoxville News-Sentinel today has an interesting story on how the Tennessee Valley
Authority handled communications in the moments after holding pond levees broke and sent 5.4 million cubic yards of fly ash, a toxic byproduct
of coal combustion, into the surrounding areas of Roane County, Tennessee. The story states: "The Tennessee Valley Authority didn't use a mandated command structure for
interagency disaster response at the Kingston Fossil Plant's fly ash spill ...
26 Jan 7:02 am
The Knoxville News-Sentinel today has an interesting story on how the Tennessee Valley
Authority handled communications in the moments after holding pond levees broke and sent 5.4 million cubic yards of fly ash, a toxic byproduct
of coal combustion, into the surrounding areas of Roane County, Tennessee. The story states: "The Tennessee Valley Authority didn't use a mandated command structure for
interagency disaster response at the Kingston Fossil Plant's fly ash spill ...
3 Dec, 2007 11:19 pm
In a case initiated by a "concerned individual," the Tennessee Valley Authority has announced a settlement in excess of $25 million for an alleged violation of the False Claims Act. The suit claimed that three Kinder Morgan
partnerships defrauded the TVA by ... using the barge draft scales, meaning that customers were receiving less coal than the terminal received. The Tennessee Valley Authority will receive $8 million in the settlement. $12
million will go to the U.S. Treasury, and the remaining $5 ...
23 Mar, 2008 9:03 am
... 08a0116p.06 2008/03/20 Arendale v. Memphis Cty Western District of Tennessee at Memphis CLAY, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Michael Arendale is
a white police officer employed ... 08a0121p.06 2008/03/21 Dunlap v. TVA Middle District of Tennessee at Nashville BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR.,
Circuit Judge. David Dunlap brought ... Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, alleging racial discrimination by the Tennessee
Valley Authority. The district court found that Dunlap had been subjected to discrimination under ...
3 Nov, 2008 3:32 pm
... season is reflective of the pledge of "a new deal" made by Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) when he entered office in 1933. FDR's initiatives to tackle the Great Depression, including
the creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continue to have important roles in our economy today. Whether McCain or Obama
wins ...
22 Sep 9:46 am
... not displaced; and (5) the discretionary function exception does not provide Defendant-Appellee Tennessee Valley Authority with immunity from suit. Accordingly, we vacate the judgment of the district court and remand for
further proceedings. ... standing; failure to state a claim; and displacement of Federal common law. In addition, Defendant Tennessee
Valley Authority (TVA) asserts that the complaints should be dismissed against it on the basis of the
discretionary function exception. The Appeals ...
4 Aug 5:00 am
... were made during the protest. The same cannot be said about a demonstration that occurred on March 14 in front of the Tennessee
Valley Authority headquarters, located near Market Square. During the protest, local residents,
students and out-of- ... were arrested and charged with "loitering." Loitering is perhaps the most common offense charged during a protest or demonstration. In Tennessee, loitering falls under the general crime of disorderly conduct. In the protest context, you can (lawfully) be ...
2 Sep, 2008 8:03 pm
... Freddie. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the Tennessee Valley Authority are three prominent examples. Assuming, then, that Fannie and Freddie survive, Congress could ... ,
if Fannie and Freddie are insolvent or are on the verge of insolvency-the statutory term is "critically undercapitalized"-the FHFA is authorized to appoint a receiver for each
company. That would automatically wipe out the shareholders and replace the management. ...
2 Feb 6:40 pm
... levels of arsenic and other toxins in river water near the site of a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee and several miles downstream. The
samples were collected about one to two weeks after 1.1 billion gallons of ash sludge and water breached an earthen containment area at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant, about 40 miles west of
Knoxville. No one was seriously injured in the spill, but several residents were displaced. The high levels of contaminants were found ...
11 Jul 11:40 am
A $3 million study blaming a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee on a complex combination of structural and geologic factors is wrong, says an
engineering expert witness who evaluated the disaster for his own mining and utility ... preventable buildup of water pressure against a perimeter clay dike. Thacker doesn't agree with
the more exotic conclusion of Tennessee Valley Authority
consultant AECOM USA Inc. last month that the spill was due to several factors in and under a mountainous dredge cell ...
1 Sep 8:33 am
... , Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Lisa Evans, an attorney at Earthjustice said, " ... [See WIMS 3/10/9]. The letters were in response to the disaster that occurred on
December 22, 2008, at the Tennessee Valley Authority's
Kingston Fossil Plant in Harriman, TN [See WIMS 1/9/09]. Over 1 billion gallons of coal ash sludge flooded 300 acres in and near the ...
9 Nov 8:18 am
... the environmental impact of increased boating on, and community use of, Reservoir water. FTF seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and James Fyke, in his official capacity
as Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Environment Conservation (TDEC), for alleged violations of the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (NEPA) by TVA and TDEC in their implementation of the ...
5 Aug, 2007 12:52 am
... . For the purposes of this discussion, the crucial point is that a legitimate (or perhaps just) civil society has authority that is limited
to those powers that the citizens-to-be would agree to delegate to the government in a social contract. Locke himself argued ... control laws. Privatization might include the federal
government selling off the national park system or the Tennessee Valley Authority. A libertarian reform agenda might also include the legalization of various forms of conduct that ...
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