Lawsuit Alleges Toxic Evergy Actions

Background on the complaint against this town's biggest power player . . .

What’s at the heart of the suit is a byproduct of coal-fired power plants called fly ash. The EPA says the powder is a carcinogen but can be used to make ready-mix concrete and other construction materials.

The suit says the Montrose plant would put their fly ash into unlined and uncovered ponds until 2020, when it continues to allege that they excavated more than 75,000 cubic yards of fly ash from the ponds and left it on the ground and in landfills at the site.

Court documents say that Evergy and the other defendants, “disturbed and failed to adequately manage fly ash at the Evergy Site, causing fly ash to migrate through air, soil and water to properties.”

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