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News Release 497
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ISSUES PERMITS TO AMERENUE TO BEGIN PILOT PROJECT AT TAUM SAUK RESERVOIR
Volume 34-497 |
Contact: Connie Patterson |
(For immediate release) |
573-751-1010 |
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, NOV. 9, 2006 - - The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has issued a general water and a temporary air permit to AmerenUE, Taum Sauk Plant. AmerenUE will begin a pilot project to determine the feasibility of reusing on-site materials in the event a decision is made to rebuild the upper reservoir.
AmerenUE's Taum Sauk Plant is located in Reynolds County. This pilot project would determine how AmerenUE would proceed with rebuilding, should the company decide to rebuild the Taum Sauk Upper Reservoir after the Dec. 14 breach released 1.3 billion gallons of water through Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park and nearby properties.
As required by law, the department issued a public notice for the Missouri State Operating Permit in September on the department's Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/permits/permit-pn.htm.
The department issued a water-operating permit last month that allows AmerenUE to discharge to waters of the state. AmerenUE shall control, limit and monitor such discharges as set forth in the permit. The discharges allowed includes storm water runoff and vehicle and equipment wash water without added detergents, acids, caustics, solvents or other additives.
The department also issued a temporary air pollution permit to the facility in September.
In the test of on-site materials, AmerenUE will use the rock from the existing site. The rock will be transported offsite to a commercial quarry operator and crushed to design specifications before its delivered back to the site. The crushed rock will be mixed with cement, fly ash and water in a mixer to produce concrete. The permit allows AmerenUE to construct concrete pads to test the feasibility of the Roller Compacted Concrete Mix Design Program developed to rebuild the Taum Sauk upper reservoir.
Consistent with this issue's importance, the department reviewed these applications as expeditiously as possible, according to Department of Natural Resources Director Doyle Childers.
For more information on the permits issued to AmerenUE's Taum Sauk Plant, contact the Department of Natural Resources at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-1010.
For news releases on the Web, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/newsrel. For a complete listing of the department's upcoming meetings, hearings and events, visit the department's online calendar at www.dnr.mo.gov/calendar/search.do.
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