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Sludge Impoundments in Spotlight - AgainAfter the Martin County Coal Co. (Massey Energy) coal sludge impoundment disaster OVEC, Coal River Mountain Watch and other groups pressured Congress for action. Congress approved $1.6 million for the National Academies of Sciences National Research Council to examine coal waste impoundments. We attended the councils public meetings and made certain our concerns about coal sludge impoundments were heard. The councils final report, issued in 2001, validated almost all of our concerns and says there are no guarantees a disaster similar wont happen at any of the nations 700 coal waste impoundments. The report detailed numerous steps to make impoundments safer, and suggests that the coal industry and regulators work to establish alternatives to coal waste impoundments.
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