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'The dike has failed.' 911 calls after the TVA sludge spill released
Found: 2 Days 3 Hours 26 Minutes ago Knoxville News Sentinel - ROCKWOOD - At 12:40 a.m. on Dec. 22, Roane County E-911 dispatcher Thomas Walden got the first call that something had happened on Swan Pond Circle Road, near TVA's Kingston Fossil Plant.
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Rockwood man charged with posing as ATF agent in home invasion Found: 2 Days 3 Hours 38 Minutes ago WATE 6 News - A Rockwood man is facing several charges after investigators say he and an accomplice posed as federal agents, invaded an Oak Ridge home and threatened the residents at gunpoint this past weekend....
EPA: drinking water tests safe in ash slide area Found: 2 Days 8 Hours 12 Minutes ago WATE 6 News - The results of EPA tests on drinking water and on three wells in the TVA ash slide site show they're within federal standards, officials said Monday....
Man charged with posing as ATF agent, raiding Anderson home
Found: 2 Days 9 Hours 55 Minutes ago Knoxville News Sentinel - OAK RIDGE - A man who allegedly posed as a federal agent and invaded a home, threatening the residents at gunpoint early Saturday, remained in the Anderson County Jail today in lieu of bonds totaling $425,000.
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UPDATE: Son Charged After Dogs Discover Human Remains Found: 3 Days 10 Hours 23 Minutes ago WTVC 9 News - Rhea County Sheriff Mike Neal tells NewsChannel9.com that an arrest has been made in the case of human remains found Saturday afternoon on Pierce Hill Road. ...
Bredesen vows more oversight of ash ponds Found: 6 Days 12 Hours 54 Minutes ago The Leaf Chronicle - KINGSTON, Tenn. ?Tennessees governor promised greater oversight of coal ash retention ponds Wednesday after viewing damage from a spill that released more than a billion gallons of ashy sludge....
Gov. Bredesen promises more oversight of coal ash ponds Found: 6 Days 18 Hours 19 Minutes ago The Daily Times - KINGSTON -- Tennessee's governor promised greater oversight of coal ash retention ponds Wednesday after viewing damage from a spill that released more than a billion gallons of ashy sludge....
Tennessee: Governor says state will toughen oversight on TVA ... Found: 6 Days 22 Hours 7 Minutes ago Times Free Press - Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen put TVA on notice Wednesday that in the wake of its massive fly ash spill here state officials no longer will allow the agency to inspect itself....
Bredesen Orders Inspection of Other TVA Ponds Found: 1 Week 5 Hours 46 Minutes ago WTVC 9 News - Gov. Phil Bredesen promises greater oversight of coal ash retention ponds in Tennessee after touring the damage from a 1-billion-gallon spill. ...
Bredesen: State to review environmental regs after TVA 'disaster'
Found: 1 Week 6 Hours 47 Minutes ago Knoxville News Sentinel - KINGSTON - Gov. Phil Bredesen said today he'll call for a "top to bottom" review of state environmental regulations in the wake of the billion-gallon coal-ash spill at TVA's Kingston steam plant that covered hundreds of acres Dec. 22. The governor, who visited the scene today, said most of the state's environmental regulations, written in the 1970s, most likely don't take into account a "disaster" such as the spill.
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