The Town of Somerset fully supports this Order with the expectation that this will end years of litigation by AES relating to the AES Somerset power plant landfilling of ammoniated fly ash.
Somerset, NY (PRWEB) July 8, 2007 -- The New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment (Siting Board) issued an Order granting amendment of the AES Somerset power plant landfill Certificate of environmental compatibility on June 29, 2007. This Certificate amendment settles years of litigation relating to landfilling of ammoniated coal combustion byproducts* (CCBs) at the AES Somerset power plant. For the first time since AES took control of the plant in 1998, the AES landfills, called SWDA II and SWDA III, will fall under the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) rules and regulations.
The Town Board of the Town of Somerset strongly supports this Amendment's approval by the Siting Board. The recommendation approves AES Somerset's request to landfill ammoniated fly ash in a new landfill (Solid Waste Disposal Area II) and requires immediate closure of SWDA I. The recommendation also requires that AES comply with current and future New York State Environmental Law, with oversight by the NY State DEC.
The Town Board believes the Siting Board's Order is in the best interest of the Town's residents and of the local environment.
The Siting Board has given AES 30 days (until July 29, 2007) to submit a verified statement that it accepts and will comply with the Certificate. If AES rejects the Siting Board's Order, AES' Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need as amended will be invalidated, causing a return to litigation.
A complete copy of the Siting Board's Order, and the related Joint Proposal, are available to view and download at the Town of Somerset website at AES Somerset L.L.C. Landfill.
- "Coal combustion byproducts" refers generally to the solid waste generated on site from the combustion of fossil fuels and includes such wastes as fly ash, bottom ash, pyrites and flue gas desulfurization sludge. (From footnote 2, page 2, of the Joint Proposal.)
This is in reference to the New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment, Case 04-F-1178: "Petition of AES NY, L.L.C. for Clarification or Amendment of the Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need Issued December 9, 1978, in Case 80002, as Amended, filed in Case 80002."
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