ROANE COUNTY TN RESIDENTS DISAPPOINTED WITH TVA'S NEW KINGSTON ASH CLEANUP PLAN TVA’S new clean up plan not “as good as or better than it was!” October 10, 2012, Roane County, TN:   Roane County residents directly impacted by the 2008 catastrophic release of 5.4 million cubic yards of fly ash, expressed their disappointment in TVA’s most recent clean up plan. The residents submitted comments today to TVA’s plan (EE/CA) to clean up the fly ash that still remains in the Emory, Clinch and Tennessee Rivers. As decided by the US District Court, Eastern Division of Tennessee, TVA’s negligent conduct resulted in more than five million cubic yards of coal ash catastrophically escaping the Kingston plant’s containment structure shortly after midnight on Monday, December 22, 2008. This release contaminated and violated the Emory River, the Clinch River, and the Tennessee River, and especially the Swan Pond community. Houses were destroyed and people’s lives were adversely changed by the release and the subsequent construction activities required to attempt the restoration of the rivers and communities impacted by the spill. Immediately after the spill, TVA’s president, Tom Kilgore publicly committed to “to make the area better than it was.” Not only does the new plan fail to make the Swan Pond and River Road areas better than they were, it fails to restore the areas to pre-spill conditions. The residents of the Swan Pond area, located adjacent to and immediately north of the source of the spill, suffered the greatest impact from the release. The center of site clean up activities is located at the intersection of Swan Pond and Swan Pond Circle Roads. The Emory River Road community lies across the river from the spill and largely consists of homes purchased by TVA due to the impact of the release. While TVA worked with Roane County officials to arrive at a monetary payment to compensate the county for adverse impacts from the spill, the Emory River and Swan Pond Communities were largely ignored. TVA’s new clean up plan fails to recognize and address the adverse impacts to the environment in these areas. Both EPA and TVA have stated that the remediation of the fly ash spill and the construction of the disposal cell represent major steps towards Mr. Kilgore’s commitment to “make the area better than it was”. The impacted communities take great exception to this position and believe that the cleanup activities and the disposal cell represent the minimum actions needed to establish a condition that should have been in place for day-to-day operations of not only Kingston but all other coal-fired plants. Had TVA constructed the original disposal facility in an appropriate manner and maintained and monitored that facility as expected