Plant Bowen began commercial operation in 1975 in Bartow County, Georgia. The four coal-fired units are capable of producing 3,376 MW of electricity.
The company prepares and submits an ash pond dewatering plan to the Georgia Environmental Protection Division for its approval. This site-specific plan identifies the enhanced water treatment system, controls and monitoring that will be used during the process to ensure that the water discharged is protective of water quality standards.
Discharged water is being actively sampled in compliance with federal and state regulations. Data results will be updated as the process continues.
Georgia Power submitted CCR permit applications to the Georgia Environmental Protection Division in November 2018. The documents provided herein represent the approved permit(s) or current submittals as of May 2023 still under EPD review and the link to the final EPD approved CCR permit and documents will be provided upon permit issuance.
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The CCR solid waste permit has been issued for AP-1. Please refer to the permit and supporting documents which reflect the approved plans for the site.
Appendix IV SSL Notification - November 2018
Appendix IV SSL Notification - March 2019
Appendix IV SSL Notification - August 2019
Appendix IV SSL Notification - January 2020
Appendix IV SSL Notification - August 2020
Appendix IV SSL Notification – January 2021
Appendix IV SSL Notification – July 2021
Appendix IV SSL Notification – January 2022
Appendix IV SSL Notification – July 2022
Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report - 2017
Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report - 2018
Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report - 2019
Semi-Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report - 2019
Semi-Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report - 2020
Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report – 2020
Semi-Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report - 2021
Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report – 2021
Semi-Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report – 2022
Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report - 2022
Semi-Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report – 2023
Notice of Assessment of Corrective Measures - February 2019
Semi-Annual Remedy Selection and Design Progress Report – 2019
Assessment of Corrective Measures Semi-Annual Progress Report - 2019
Draft Remedy Selection Report – February 2023
Ongoing semiannual updates to the site Assessment of Corrective Measures are provided as part of the Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Reports
The CCR solid waste permit has been issued for Landfill. Please refer to the permit and supporting documents which reflect the approved plans for the site.
Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report - 2017
Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report - 2018
Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report - 2019
Semi-Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report - 2019
Semi-Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report - 2020
Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report – 2020
Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report – 2021
Semi-Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report - 2021
Semi-Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report - 2022
Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report – 2022
Semi-Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report – 2023
Where specified, well inspections, laboratory and field data, and statistical results are provided as a separate upload due to file size requirements.
Additional information will be provided as it becomes available or as it is required.