A "catastrophic" coal ash spill in Tennessee could have been prevented with better adherence to inspection and maintenance procedures, a federal judge ruled. More than 800 individuals sued the Tennessee Valley Authority after a coal ash containment dike at its Kingston Fossil plant burst in December 2008, causing 5.4 million cubic yards of ash sludge to spill into a nearby river and contaminate hundreds of acres of government and privately owned land.
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