TVA Invites Comments on Proposed Facilities for Use of Coal Combustion Residuals

Apr 14, 2025

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Release Summary

TVA is asking for public comment on potential environmental impacts of constructing facilities to process coal combustion residuals, or CCR.
Comments must be submitted by May 14, 2025.
In the past five years, TVA has beneficially used nearly 70% of the CCR produced.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Valley Authority is inviting the public to comment on an environmental review of the potential impacts of building and operating special processing facilities for the beneficial use of coal combustion residuals at one or more of its coal plant sites in Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky.

Coal combustion residuals, or CCR, are the byproducts of burning coal for electricity, including coal ash and gypsum. These facilities would help process CCR for beneficial use in construction products like concrete and drywall. This would reduce the amount of CCR for long-term storage and management in landfills. TVA is increasing its efforts to use CCR instead of storing it in landfills. In the past five years, TVA has beneficially used nearly 70% of the CCR produced.

TVA has prepared a draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA), under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), available at tva.com/nepa.

TVA invites the public to provide input on the options in the PEA which include no action or constructing and operating one or more beneficiation processing facilities.

Comments may be submitted online, by mail to Brittany Kunkle, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT-11B-K, Knoxville, TN 37902 or via email to [email protected]. To ensure your comments are correctly dispositioned, please specify the project (“Beneficiation Processing Facility PEA”) with your submission.

Comments must be received or postmarked no later than May 14, 2025. Any comments received, including names and addresses, will become part of the administrative record and subject to public inspection. More information on this environmental review process can be found at tva.gov/nepa.

About TVA

The Tennessee Valley Authority is the nation’s largest public power supplier, delivering energy to more than 10 million people across seven southeastern states. TVA has one of the most diverse energy systems – including nuclear, hydro, solar, gas, and advanced technologies. To prepare for the future, TVA is making significant investments in its power system toward new generation and transmission.

TVA is a corporate agency of the United States, receiving no taxpayer funding, deriving virtually all of its revenues from sales of electricity. TVA maintains some of the lowest energy costs and highest reliability in the nation. TVA’s retail rates are lower than 80 percent of the rest of the nation, while its industrial rates are lower than 95 percent of the top utilities. In addition, TVA provides flood control, navigation, and land management for the Tennessee River system, and assists local power companies and state and local governments with economic development and job creation.

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