Jun 7th, 2009 - Forbes
KINGSTON, Tenn. -- Residents who live near the site of a massive coal ash spill told a Texas congresswoman Sunday that they worry about their health, the lost value their homes and the slow pace of the cleanup by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson's House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment oversees the TVA and already has held two hearings in Washington about the Dec. 22 breach in a huge coal ash storage facility at Kingston that released 5.4 million cubic yards of toxic-laden ashen muck into the Emory River and a lakeside neighborhood.
