EPA Waste Chief Downplays Need For Legislative Fixes To Coal Ash Rule

January 22, 2015
EPA's top waste official is downplaying the need for legislative fixes to its final coal ash disposal rule to address what GOP lawmakers say is uncertainty over whether the agency may revisit its decision that ash is not a hazardous waste and fears that some provisions of the rule make operators vulnerable to citizen suit enforcement. “We believe the final rule provides tremendous certainty,” particularly for beneficial reuse of coal ash in products, Mathy Stanislaus, assistant administrator for EPA's Office...


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