DEP Reaches Natural Resource Damage Settlement with Talen Generation, LLC for 2005 Martins Creek Ash Spill
The
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) have entered into an
agreement with Talen Generation, LLC, for the company to pay a total of
$952,150.00 for natural resource damages associated with the August 2005
ash spill at the Martins Creek Steam Electric Station in Lower Mount
Bethel Township, Northampton County. The fine money will be directed to
mussel restoration and dam removal projects in tributaries to the
Delaware River.
The spill occurred after a wooden stop log in
the Ash Basin No. 4 discharge structure failed, causing an estimated 100
million gallons of ash material to spread across local fields and into
the Oughoughton Creek and the Delaware River. DEP, working with PFBC,
the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) and the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), determined that the mussel
population in the Delaware River was impacted as a result of both the
spill and the cleanup. Mussel restoration and dam removal projects will
assist in the restoration and vitality of the mussel populations and
improve aquatic habitat and water quality.
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