Supreme Court Rejects Power Co-Op’s Bid To Stay Legacy Coal Ash Rule

The Supreme Court is denying a Kentucky power co-op’s bid to stay EPA’s final rule governing legacy coal combustion residual (CCR) surface impoundments and CCR management units (CCRMU), clearing the way for the measure’s implementation as utilities and others continue their challenge. In a Dec. 11 order , the high court justices without comment denied East Kentucky Power Cooperative’s (EKPC) application for a stay of the final ash rule. The denial upheld an identical ruling from the U.S. Court of...