Advocates Eye Lawsuit If EPA Excludes 'Legacy' Sites From Coal Ash Rule

Environmentalists are threatening to sue EPA if its imminent Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) coal ash disposal rule regulates the material as solid waste but does not impose requirements to minimize the risk of ash leaks from unused “legacy” disposal sites, saying RCRA's language mandates that EPA impose such controls. EPA in its final coal ash rule, due Dec. 19 under a judicial deadline, is widely expected to regulate ash as a solid waste under subtitle D of RCRA,...