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TVA to choose from 2 landfills for coal ash removal project

by Adrian Sainz
| November 16, 2020 5:07 PM

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Valley Authority is considering moving toxin-laden coal ash from a retired plant in Memphis to one of two off-site landfills as it begins preparing for the $500 million removal project, the federal utility said Monday.

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