Industry, GOP Eye Ash Bill To Resolve Enforcement Fears Over EPA Rule

Utility industry officials and Republican lawmakers are criticizing enforcement provisions in EPA's final coal ash disposal rule that they say constrain states' flexibility in implementing the rule and opens the door to citizen suits, and say the incoming GOP-led 114th Congress must approve legislation to block those provisions. EPA's final coal ash disposal rule , released Dec. 19, regulates ash as a solid waste under subtitle D of the Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) -- a win for industry...