Industry Warns EPA Ash Rule 'Math Error' Could Hinder Beneficial Reuse

May 26, 2015
A coal ash recycling firm is urging EPA to drastically increase its threshold for regulating large-scale coal ash fills in its new ash disposal rule, arguing the limit is based on a "math error" and risks discouraging beneficial reuse of ash in products by erroneously subjecting some facilities to stringent regulatory mandates. An EPA spokeswoman says the agency is "currently reviewing" an April 1 letter from ash recycling company Headwaters, Inc., that says regulators made the mistake in defining structural...


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