Sites operated by both CPS Energy and San Miguel Electric Cooperative are leeching contaminants into groundwater, the new report states. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX Texas environment energy EnvironmentalJustice
The San Miguel Power Plant, located an hour South of San Antonio was named one of the most-contaminated coal-ash waste sites in the country in a new report.
The EPA created the first federal rules ordering cleanup of coal ash dumps seven years ago. However, only half of power plants that are contaminating groundwater have agreed that cleanup is needed, according to the report's authors. Indeed, 96% of plants aren't proposing any groundwater treatment, they add.
CPS Energy also provided a written statement. Utility officials said a third-party analysis of its storage units at the Calaveras plant found that they're in compliance with environmental rules. While San Miguel has said it plans to close the ponds at its power plant, the report's authors say that those efforts don't go far enough, since the cooperative doesn't plan to remove ash from one that may be sitting in groundwater.
CPS's Calaveras site reported quantities of nine toxic substances — including beryllium, boron, lead and lithium — that are over safe levels, according to the report.
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