World / USA / Pennsylvania / MacDonald, 7 km from center Coordinates: 40°24'57"N   80°17'59"W

Beech Hollow Waste Coal Pile


Proposed site to build a waste coal power plant and produce as much as 87 millions tons of fly ash.
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29 months ago SwampWalker   +7
The largest gob pile east of the Mississippi. Will use all the acid mine water it created for the plant. This plant will improve the water quality greatly for the raccoon creek.
23 months ago tophcat   +1
Turning a waste coal pile into a power plant and one of the largest fly ash
dumps in the nation is not a clean up. It will leave a worse environmental
legacy than the gob pile. The pile contributes to AMD but it is treated with
lime and the creek and land thrive. Fly ash will forever destroy the creek and
the land and many nearby residents water supply. BAD IDEA! ALL for PROFIT!
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