For Immediate Release: Monday, January 28, 2013

Groups File Notice Letter to Sue NRG Energy for Massive Pollution

Documents Show NRG has at Least 2353 Permit Violations for Nutrient Pollution

UPDATE:
The big vote is TODAY at 12:30 pm EDT. Please act now!!

On Thursday, June 21, Waterkeepers from around the U.S. are working together to promote access to clean, fishable waters globally and to celebrate the 40^th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act that provides safeguards to U.S. drinking water.

Nearly four years ago, Potomac Riverkeeper along with the Environmental Integrity Project notified Mirant (now GenOn), owner of the Morgantown coal-fired power plant, that unless it cleaned up and stopped polluting the waters around its coal ash dump site in Faulkner, Maryland, the matter would be taken to court.  As it turned

Virginia and Maryland general construction permits, Maryland's poultry farm nutrient management plans open to the public, challenging DC's TMDL, success at Seneca Creek with clean up and monitoring, information on coal, lead in DC's water. Read the newsletter =>

Our legal action leads to 85% reduction in pollution at Broadway, VA waste water treatment plant, Merck tries to increase pollution cap, Riverkeeper visits Morgatown power plant, information on what's in our drinking water, Get the Dirt Out, submitting public comments. Read the newsletter =>

Taking action at Poplar Point (DC), building awareness one friend at a time,  Maryland Attorney General files suit against Mirant on coal fly ash pollution, calling for long-term monitoring at Seneca Creek, Potomac River Gala and Shendndoah River Rodeo thank yous. Read the newsletter =>

The Attorney General filed a complaint late last week against Mirant Mid-Atlantic, LLC for illegal discharges of toxic heavy metals from its Faulkner fly ash disposal site into the Zekiah Swamp in Maryland. The complaint seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties of over 126 million dollars. The complaint also seeks to prevent further disposal of fly ash at the Faulkner site until Mirant cleans up existing pollution caused by years of unregulated waste disposal. The complaint was filed in the Circuit Court for Charles County, Maryland on Friday, May 30, 2008.

Potomac Riverkeeper pursues Mirant Corp.; Clean ups around the watershed; The case against polluted runoff; Waterkeeper Alliance heads to Supreme Court. Read the Newsletter =>

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 3, 2008, The Faulkner Fly Ash Storage Facility, operated by the utility Mirant and located in Charles County 20 miles south of the nation’s capital, is discharging selenium, cadmium and other toxic pollutants into Maryland waters in violation of the state’s water quality rules and without required federal Clean Water Act permits, according to the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) , Potomac Riverkeeper and local citizens. The illegal pollution is entering Zekiah Swamp, a key part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.