Source: https://www.timesfreepress.com/, October 1, 2020
By: Dave Flessner

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority and one of its contractors by three East Tennessee governments seeking to recover damages from the 2008 coal ash spill at TVA’s Kingston Fossil Plant.

In a 20-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Varlan in Knoxville said Roane County and two of its cities, failed to file their claims against TVA and its prime contractor hired to clean up the coal ash spill within the 3-year statute of limitations for such civil suits. Varlan ruled the local governments also failed to prove there was any “fraudulent concealment” by TVA of the ruptured coal ash pond and its environmental damages. Read more.