EPA gives green groups lump of coal on ash rule

GURPS

INGSOC
PREMO Member
EPA gives green groups lump of coal on ash rule


The Environmental Protection Agency dealt a blow to environmental groups Friday as a long-awaited rule governing coal ash, a byproduct of burning coal for electricity, was less stringent than they had hoped.

The EPA decided not to label coal ash a hazardous material, as environmentalists wanted. Industry groups warned that doing so would prevent recycled coal ash from being used in materials for roads, buildings and highways.

The rule also calls for less aggressive enforcement than environmentalists sought. The EPA said it would require regular inspections of coal ash storage sites and that it would set minimum standards for storage. States would craft their own standards with those baselines in mind, and challenges against utilities that operate coal ash storage sites could be brought through civil lawsuits.

Groups in the construction industry said labeling the coal ash as hazardous would have raised costs by forcing companies to turn to other, more expensive materials. Of the 130 million tons of coal ash produced each year, about 40 percent of it is recycled into other uses. The rest go to landfills or impoundments.





is coal ash really a problem, or was this yet another rope to strangle Power Companies with
 

Aimhigh2000

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Coal Ash

is coal ash really a problem, or was this yet another rope to strangle Power Companies with

Ask the people down south about what coal ash can do to their homes, street, drinking water and rivers- happened in Tennessee - look at the pictures, then ask that question again.
 
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