Coal Ash Reuse Plan Draws Environmentalists’ Opposition At EPA Hearing

Environmentalists used an Oct. 10 EPA online hearing on the agency's proposal to revise coal ash disposal and reuse regulations to broadly criticize the plan, detailing potential arguments they are likely to make in a lawsuit if EPA finalizes the proposal -- which received no public backing in testimony at the event. Speakers on the “virtual public hearing,” which was still ongoing at press time, were universally environmentalists or private citizens opposed to the “Phase II” proposal that would overhaul...