The regulation of coal ash (or coal combustion residuals) is a significant step in public health and environmental protection because its disposal affects groundwater quality. Additionally, the rule sets out recordkeeping and reporting requirements and established technical requirements for CCR landfills ...
Environmentalists are suing an Alabama coal-fired power plant they say is violating EPA’s coal combustion residuals (CCR) rule under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), arguing that the state’s closure-in-place plan for the facility creates contamination concerns for groundwater ...
A coalition of environmental, civil rights, and community groups is suing EPA in an attempt to force the agency to regulate hundreds of coal ash sites currently exempt from coal combustion residuals (CCR) rule requirements, saying these “inactive” landfills are contributing to groundwater contamina...
1 CCBs also are referred to as coal combustion waste (CCW) or coal combustion residuals (CCR). “[W]e believe that regulation of CCW under the current structure of RCRA Subtitle C is inappropriate given the level of environmental hazard posed by these materials. We remain deeply concerned ...
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Coal combustion products (CCPs) have undergone many regulatory changes in recent years. After years of regulatory debate and analysis, on April 17, 2015, the US EPA published its final rule regarding the disposal of coal combustion residuals from electric utilities. The new rule contains several ...
The Coal Combustion Residuals Rule - It's a Water Rule The CCR rule addresses concerns related to landfills and surface impoundments as a result of industry events that have occurred. It provides guidance for C... W Ahlert,C Harris - Power-gen International & Coal-gen & Renewable Energy Wo...
EPA's Coal Ash Rule: Implications for Regulated Entities, Results for the Environment Last December, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its final ruling for the regulation of coal combustion residuals (CCRs). Commonly referred to as the "coal ash rule", the new policies have lar...
It notes that the EPA intends to issue a rule outlining new regulations to assess the management of coal combustion residuals. It states that the EPA will gather information from electric utilities and develop additional regulatory measures to prevent future mishaps.Bergeson...
In a 5-0 decision Wednesday afternoon, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved a settlement agreement to allow DEI to comply with the US Environmental Protection Agency's Coal Combustion Residuals and the Effluent Limitations Guidelines rules. 年份: 2017 ...