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'''Lansing Power Station Main Ash Pond''' is a coal ash disposal site associated with [[Lansing Power Station]], owned and operated by [[Alliant Energy]] subsidiary [[Interstate Power and Light]] near Lansing, Iowa.
{{#display_map: 43.3300, -91.1700 |zoom=14 |width=600 |height=400 |type=satellite}}
==Site data==	
''Information below derived from EPA's Coal Ash Survey database;<ref>[http://www.epa.gov/osw/nonhaz/industrial/special/fossil/surveys/index.htm Coal Ash Survey Results,] Environmental Protection Agency, accessed December 2009.</ref> GPS coordinates courtesy of [[Earthjustice]] researchers.''
*'''Owner''': 	[[Interstate Power and Light]]	
*'''Parent company''': 	[[Alliant Energy]]
*'''Associated coal plant''': 	[[Lansing Power Station]]
*'''Location''': 	Lansing, IA
*'''GPS coordinates''': 	43.3300, -91.1700
*'''Hazard potential''': 	None
*'''Year commissioned''': 	1975
*'''Year(s) expanded''': 	
*'''Material(s) stored''': 	[[Fly ash]], [[Bottom ash]], Ash transport water, Waste water 
*'''Professional Engineer (PE) designed?''': 	Yes
*'''PE constructed?''': 	Yes
*'''PE monitored?''': 	No
*'''Significant deficiencies identified''': 	None
*'''Corrective measures''': 	None
*'''Surface area (acres)''': 	15
*'''Storage capacity (acre feet)''': 	194
*'''Unit Height (feet)''': 	20
*'''Historical releases''': 	None
*'''Additional notes''': 	
==Associated coal waste site==
*[[Lansing Power Station Lower Ash Pond]]

==Coal waste in the United States==
A January 2009 study by ''The New York Times'' following the enormous [[Tennessee sludge spill|TVA coal ash spill]] found that there are more than 1,300 surface impoundments across the U.S. containing [[Coal waste|coal waste]], with some sites as large as 1,500 acres.<ref name="dewan">Shaila Dewan, [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/us/07sludge.html "Hundreds of Coal Ash Dumps Lack Regulation,"] ''New York Times,'' January 7, 2009.</ref> Also in January 2009, an Associated Press study found that 156 coal-fired power plants store ash in surface ponds similar to the one that ruptured at [[Kingston Fossil Plant]]. The states with the most storage in coal ash in ponds are Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia and Alabama. The AP's analysis found that in 2005, 721 power plants generating at least 100 MW of electricity produced 95.8 million tons of coal ash, about 20 percent of which - or almost 20 million tons - ended up in surface ponds. The rest of the ash winds up in landfills or is sold for other uses.<ref name="ap">Dina Cappiello, [http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=6609193 "Toxic Coal Ash Piling up in Ponds in 32 States,"] Associated Press, January 9, 2009.</ref> In June 2009, EPA released its list of 44 "high hazard potential" coal waste sites, which included 12 sites in North Carolina, 9 in Arizona, 6 in Kentucky, 6 in Ohio, and 4 in West Virginia.<ref>Shaila Dewan, [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/science/earth/01ash.html?ref=us "E.P.A. Lists ‘High Hazard’ Coal Ash Dumps,"] ''New York Times,'' June 30, 2009.</ref> The full list is available [[Coal waste|here]].

==Citizen groups==	
* [http://www.publicintegrity.org/articles/entry/1144 Center for Public Integrity]
* [http://www.earthjustice.org/news/press/007/cancer-coals-hidden-cost.html Earthjustice]
* [[Energy Justice Network]]
* [http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/whatwedo/coal.php Environmental Integrity Project]
* [http://www.nrdc.org/energy/coalwaste/ NRDC]
* [http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19393.cfm Organic Consumers Association]
* [http://www.sludgesafety.org Sludge Safety Project]
* [http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/downloads/2009-07-coal-ash.pdf Sierra Club]	
==Resources==
===References=== 
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===Related SourceWatch articles===
* [[Coal waste]]
* [[Iowa and coal]]
*[[Interstate Power and Light]]
*[[Alliant Energy]]
===External links=== 
* [http://www.altenergymag.com/emagazine.php?art_id=1362 Coal Ash Safety Issues,] Donald Saxman, altenergymag.com (undated)
* [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/01/60minutes/main5356202.shtml "Coal Ash: 130 Million Tons of Waste,"] 60 Minutes, October 4, 2009.
* Charles Duhigg, [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/us/13water.html?_r=1&em "Toxic Waters: Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, At a Cost in Suffering,"], ''New York Times'', September 12, 2009.
* Kirstin Lombardi, [http://www.publicintegrity.org/articles/entry/1144/ "Coal ash: The hidden story,"] Center for Public Integrity, February 19, 2009.
* [http://www.earthjustice.org/library/policy_factsheets/coal-ash-a-national-problem.pdf "Coal Ash: A National Problem Needs a National Solution,"] Earth Justice fact sheet, January 2009.
* [http://www.charleston.net/news/special_reports/toxic_ash/ "Toxic Ash: A License to Pollute,"] ''Post and Courier,'' October 26-29, 2008.
* [http://unscientific.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/coal-combustion-waste/ "Coal Combustion Waste,"] As You May or May Not Know..., March 27, 2008.
* House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources: Oversight Hearing, [http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=65&extmode=view&extid=184 "How Should the Federal Government Address the Health and Environmental Risks of Coal Combustion Waste?,"], June 10, 2007.
* Martha Keating, [http://www.catf.us/publications/reports/Cradle_to_Grave.pdf "Cradle to Grave: The Environmental Impacts from Coal,"] Clean Air Task Force, June 2001.
* Martha Keating, Ellen Baum and Eric Round, [http://www.catf.us/publications/reports/Laid_to_Waste.pdf "Laid to Waste: The Dirty Secret of Combustion Waste from America's Power Plants,"] Citizens Coal Council, Hoosier Environmental Council, Clean Air Task Force, March 2000.
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