By Lakeshore Chamber
Charah Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of environmental and maintenance services to the power generation industry, will close the B.C. Cobb Generating Facility’s Ash Ponds previously owned by Consumers Energy and repurpose them as natural wetlands.
As part of this agreement, Charah Solutions, through its subsidiary Muskegon Environmental Redevelopment Group, LLC, will take ownership of the ash ponds during the closure process at Consumers Energy’s former B.C. Cobb Generating Facility site in Muskegon.
The coal combustion residuals (CCR) materials will be excavated and beneficially reused as necessary fill material in Consumers Energy’s licensed J.C. Weadock landfill in Essexville, located at the former J.C. Weadock Generating Station site.
The coal-fired power plants, along with the J.R. Whiting Plant in Luna Pier, were retired in April 2016.
Retiring the combined seven generating units is part of Consumers Energy’s focus on developing more renewable forms of electric generation and its goal of being net carbon neutral by 2040.
As part of the Environmental Liability Transfer Services, Charah Solutions reviews each site’s particular closure challenges followed by a turnkey proposal that includes a closure plan and a repurposing plan for the property.
Upon completion of this specific major remediation and reclamation project, the B.C. Cobb Bottom Ash Ponds will be returned to natural wetland areas.
Onsite dewatering, excavation, and transportation will begin in Q3 2020 through the end of 2021. State approval of the final pond closure is targeted as soon as early 2022, in advance of the Federal CCR Rule compliance deadline which requires pond closure by March 2023.
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