Dominion to Pay $1.4 Million Over Discharges From Ash Pond

Dominion Energy will pay $1.4 million over alleged violations of Virginia and federal requirements covering discharges of pollution.

The utility and regulators reached a settlement filed Friday involving a 2015 release of about 27.5 million gallons of water from a coal ash pond at the Possum River Power Station in Dumphries, Va. The deal was filed Friday in the form of a consent decree, along with a legal complaint.

• Regulators claimed that Dominion’s release violated state discharge permit and water quality laws as well as federal release notification requirements. In addition to the 2015 event, they said that seepage had ...