Xcel Energy-Colorado is facing a $925,000 penalty by the EPA for not complying with regulations on the disposal of coal ash and not properly monitoring groundwater at a power plant in Pueblo.
Xcel Energy-Colorado is facing a $925,000 penalty by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for not complying with regulations on the disposal of coal ash and not properly monitoring groundwater at a power plant in Pueblo.
The EPA said in a statement that Xcel Energy has agreed to address groundwater contamination at the Comanche coal-fired power plant and ensure the proper closure of impoundments holding the waste. The settlement was approved last week by the judicial officer for the EPA Region 8 office in Denver. The EPA said Xcel Energy didn’t:Conduct statistical analysis of groundwater data and establish background contaminant concentrations.Provide access to documents that were required to be posted on a publicly accessible website.
Coal ash, the solids left from burning coal in power plants, can contain harmful levels of contaminants such as mercury, cadmium, and arsenic, according to the EPA. The agency approved itsCobalt and molybdenum have been detected in wells on the plant site, EPA spokeswoman Melissa Sullivan said Tuesday in an email. There have been no confirmed effects on off-site drinking water, she said.
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