EPA Announces Latest Actions to Protect Groundwater and ...

The Agency issued six proposed determinations to deny facilities' requests to continue disposing of coal combustion residuals (CCR or coal ash) into unlined ...

Biden-Harris Administration Makes Unprecedented Progress to ...

WASHINGTON – Under the leadership of President Biden and Vice President Harris, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has delivered ...

EPA Completes Series of Enforcement Actions to Protect ...

EPA News Release: EPA Completes Series of Enforcement Actions to Protect Communities from Exposure to Coal Ash Pollution.

EPA Announces Latest Action to Protect Communities from Coal Ash ...

This includes inactive power plants with surface impoundments that are no longer being used and historical coal ash disposal areas at power ...

Ground Water and Drinking Water | US EPA

Lead in Drinking Water. EPA announces final rule requiring replacement of lead pipes with 10 years. Learn more about EPA's final Lead and Copper Rule ...

Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Critical Rule to Clean up ...

EPA action designates two widely used PFAS as hazardous substances under the Superfund law, improving transparency and accountability to clean up PFAS ...

EPA Announces Increased Efforts to Require Cleanup of Coal Ash

Early in 2021, we wrote about potential insurance implications that could arise from the then-new Biden Administration's expected regulatory ...

Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements | US EPA

The proposed LCRI is a major advancement in protecting children and adults from the significant, and irreversible, health effects from being exposed to lead in ...

Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Suite of Standards to Reduce ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency announced a suite of final rules to reduce pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants.

EPA takes action to protect groundwater from coal ash contamination

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking several actions to protect communities and hold facilities accountable for ...

EPA takes steps to protect groundwater from coal ash contamination

Coal combustion residuals (CCR or coal ash), a byproduct of burning coal in coal-fired power plants, contains contaminants like mercury, cadmium ...

EPA Takes Key Steps to Protect Groundwater from Coal Ash ...

Coal combustion residuals (CCR or coal ash), a byproduct of burning coal in coal-fired power plants, contains contaminants like mercury, cadmium ...

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes Critical Action to ...

President Biden believes every community has the right to clean, safe drinking water, free of pollutants that harm people's health and wellbeing.

EPA Proposes Rule to Expand Requirements for Coal Ash at Power ...

The Coal Ash Rule required owners and operators of unlined CCR surface impoundments to initiate closure within six months of detecting a leak.

EPA Announces Latest Action to Address PFAS in Drinking Water

EPA Administrator Michael Regan is in Wilmington, North Carolina to make a major announcement on EPA's latest action to protect families ...

Key EPA Actions to Address PFAS | US EPA

In April 2024, EPA finalized a critical rule to designate two widely used PFAS – PFOA and PFOS – as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental ...

EPA announces that cleaning up coal ash will be a top priority for ...

EPA acknowledges widespread noncompliance from coal-fired power plant owners. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that ...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - EPA Announces Latest ...

Agency issues six proposed determinations to deny facilities' requests to continue unsafe coal ash disposal. January 27, 2023. Today (Jan 25), the U.S. ...

EPA zeroes in on protecting groundwater from coal ash contamination

Specifically, the EPA is cracking down on the use of unlined pits to store coal ash because they are susceptible to contaminating ...

EPA Announces Three Clean Water Actions In April 2022 - JD Supra

Last month, EPA made three PFAS/Clean Water Act-related announcements. First, EPA issued proposed draft Clean Water Act aquatic life...