Corrective Action Plan - Tennessee Valley Authority

Kingston Ash Release March 2009
Corrective Action Plan
and long-term. Both NEPA and CERCLA require analyses of potentially impacted resources,
the formulation of alternatives to restore those resources, and appropriately protect public health
and the environment, and involvement of the public and other agencies in doing this. TVA
reviewed both the NEPA and CERCLA processes in the formulation of this CAP for the approval
of TDEC and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Figure ES.1 illustrates the actions and plans that will be taken and developed for the various
components of this CAP. There are numerous actions that have already been identified that
need to be performed, and it is likely that more will be identified as recovery progresses.
Changes in methods and plan components that are identified as the cleanup progresses would
be captured in subsequent plans to the CAP.
Another important aspect of TVA’s proposed approach is the formation of an Interagency Team
that will consist of personnel from involved and interested federal, state, and local agencies.
Members of this team would be involved in all steps of the cleanup effort and could individually
serve as a sounding board for proposed activities and technical and scientific resources to help
inform the effort. For this Interagency Team, members tentatively identified include TDEC,
EPA, the Tennessee Department of Public Health, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Roane County, TVA and
possibly others.
Finally, TVA intends to develop a Community Involvement Plan that would provide a structured
process enabling public review and input. It would also explain the opportunities that will be
provided to the public to involve itself in this effort. This plan will be released for agency and
public comment. At a minimum, it will consist of identified opportunities for public comment and
meetings on components of the plan as they are formulated, associated analyses, and
environmental reviews. It will also include a publicly accessible and usable administrative
record that will include all monitoring results, analyses, public comments, and the plans
themselves. TVA is already providing such information at its public internet site and it intends to
continue to do so.
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