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EPA takes on abandoned coal ash ponds, but it might be too late

EPA finally takes on abandoned coal ash ponds — but it might be too late ... Will utilities clean up toxic waste at power plants, or run out an ...

EPA Closes Coal Ash Loopholes, Protecting Communities and ...

Today, the EPA finalized a rule to protect the public from millions of tons of toxic coal ash sitting in old landfills and ponds across the ...

"EPA Finally Takes On Abandoned Coal Ash Ponds — But It Might ...

"EPA Finally Takes On Abandoned Coal Ash Ponds — But It Might Be Too Late". "Will utilities clean up toxic waste at power plants, or run out an election-year ...

EPA Completes Series of Enforcement Actions to Protect ...

“EPA is committed to protecting communities from coal ash contamination so that residents who live near coal-burning power plants can breathe ...

New EPA Rule Could Accelerate Cleanup of Coal Ash Dumps

For nearly a decade, a gap in federal regulation has allowed old coal ash dumps to avoid regulation. A new rule aims to close that loophole.

Frequent Questions about the 2015 Coal Ash Disposal Rule | US EPA

EPA determined that improperly constructed or managed coal ash disposal units have been linked to cases of harm to surface or ground water or to ...

Where are Coal Ash Dump Sites? - Earthjustice

The EPA addressed the failure of the 2015 Coal Ash Rule to regulate coal ash stored in old 'legacy' ponds and landfills. ... The EPA designated ...

Biden EPA Takes Action Against Toxic Coal Ash, Protecting ...

These loopholes allowed coal ash ponds at retired power plants, known as legacy impoundments, and “inactive” coal ash landfills where ash hadn't ...

What is a liquid? Utilities sue to avoid coal ash cleanup — and lose.

In 2015, following a pair of disastrous spills at coal plants in North Carolina and Tennessee, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a rule ...

EPA Moves to Reject Six Coal Plants' Applications to Keep Toxic ...

EPA found that the six plants failed to prove that their coal ash ponds were not leaking and not contaminating groundwater.

Praise for EPA's New Pollution Control Rules for Coal-Fired Power ...

EPA's new coal ash waste management rule, also released today, earned praise for taking action to reduce groundwater contamination and ...

EPA's coal ash crackdown comes with a major caveat - E&E News

Owned by Texas-based power company GenOn, the ash site in Brandywine is next to a community park with a playground, fields and a small pond. The ...

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EPA moves to crack down on dangerous coal ash storage ponds

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power ...

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 ...

EPA denies extension for Ameren to stop dumping coal ash, gypsum ...

The EPA issued a rule in 2020 requiring that utilities stop disposing of coal ash in unlined ponds by April 11, 2021. Ameren requested an ...

Parsing legal definitions, power industry pushes back on EPA coal ...

The 2015 coal ash rules mandate that at unlined coal ash impoundments that are infiltrated by water or causing contamination, the ash must be ...

New EPA Rule Targets Leaks at Inactive Coal Ash Landfills | WORC

The proposed new rule would address the over half billion tons of coal ash and the decades-old ash ponds that have escaped inspections and leaked toxic ...

'A Win': New EPA Coal Ash Rules Take On Toxic Pollution - Atmos

Utilities often dispose of dirty coal ash in wastewater ponds or landfills, but if companies don't store it properly, they risk polluting ...

EPA takes critical action to address coal ash pollution

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency just took critical steps to protect communities and clean water from toxic coal ash pollution by ...