Huntington Power Plant has 14 groundwater monitoring wells, 14 of which have been polluted above federal advisory levels based on samples collected between February 12, 2015 and August 21, 2019. Groundwater at this site contains unsafe levels of lithium, sulfate, boron, cobalt, selenium, chromium, molybdenum, radium, lead and fluoride.
Site descriptionPacifiCorp’s Huntington Power Plant is located near Huntington, Utah. The plant has two units with the total capacity of 1,037 MW. The plant has one landfill regulated under the CCR rule. Flue gas desulfurization (FGD) waste, fly ash and bottom ash are disposed of in the CCR Landfill. The landfill first began operation in 2002 and covers about 100 acres.
You can find the industry-reported data here. For more information on the Huntington Power Plant, see EIP’s 2019 National Coal Ash Report .