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It will take Dominion up to 4 years to close coal ash ponds at Possum Point

An environmental organization is concerned about toxic chemicals making their way into Quantico Creek and the Potomac River from the Possum Point power plant near Dumfries.

Possum Point's power plant used to burn coal to generate power. When coal burns it creates a residue, known as coal ash, which was pumped into coal ash ponds on the property before the plant switched to burning natural gas in 2003.

Dominion Virginia Power owns the plant. They were unable to provide the date when the Possum Point plant opened.

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