August 07, 2017
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Tennessee Valley Authority to move coal ash waste currently located in pond disposal areas to a lined impoundment area, handing a win to environmental groups that brought the Clean Water Act suit.
January 03, 2017
A federal judge has stood by his ruling that the Tennessee Valley Authority must face a coal ash Clean Water Act suit, saying the agency gave little reason why he should revisit the decision despite likely being correct that the court has the formal authority to do so.
December 12, 2016
The Tennessee Valley Authority on Friday urged a federal judge to reconsider his finding that the agency must face a water pollution lawsuit brought by two environmental groups, saying that as an agent of the federal government it can't be liable for civil penalties for past violations of the Clean Water Act.
September 12, 2016
A Tennessee federal judge on Friday refused to dismiss a water pollution lawsuit brought against Tennessee Valley Authority over its coal ash disposal at a coal-fired power plant near Gallatin, Tennessee, finding TVA wasn't entitled to sovereign immunity, or that the claims were duplicative of a separate lawsuit brought by the state.
June 15, 2015
The Tennessee Valley Authority on Monday asked a federal judge to toss a lawsuit filed by environmentalists accusing it of illegally discharging pollutants into the Cumberland River from a coal-fired power plant, saying the groups were already participating in a similar suit in Tennessee court.
April 16, 2015
Two environmental groups have slapped the Tennessee Valley Authority with a Clean Water Act suit over the alleged discharge of toxic metals and other pollutants into the Cumberland River from a Gallatin coal-fired power plant.