To Bolster Ash Reuse, EPA Urged To Extend Waste Site Closure Targets

The coal ash reuse sector is pressing EPA to extend its regulatory deadlines for ash impoundments to shut down as it revises the 2015 Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) rule governing the waste, arguing that a longer timeframe will broaden their window to “harvest” previously disposed ash to reuse in products such as wallboard. “It's a nascent concept -- the idea is that if EPA were to want to encourage beneficial use of this material, as opposed to just...