Environmentalists, regulators settle lawsuit over pollution permit at Grainger plant in Conway

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Environmental groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy settled a lawsuit with South Carolina's Department of Health and Environmental Control, securing agreement to issue a new water pollution control permit for the idled Grainger coal plant in Conway by August 30. The settlement addresses pollution from Santee Cooper's coal ash lagoons, which have been regulated under an expired 11-year-old permit that set no groundwater discharge limits. Environmentalists continue pursuing separate litigation to force removal of contaminated coal ash ponds to a lined landfill rather than Santee Cooper's proposed concrete vault encasement.