EPA Grants CCR Disposal Extension, Highlighting Zeldin’s Pledge For Relief

The Trump EPA is granting an extension to an Arizona power plant for its requirements to cease receipt of its coal combustion residual (CCR) waste given grid reliability and resource adequacy concerns, highlighting Administrator Lee Zeldin’s pledge to provide “short- and long-term relief” to facilities as part of EPA's planned coal ash rollbacks. EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) sent a March 20 letter to Bobby Olsen, associate general manager & chief planning, strategy & sustainability executive at...