New Report: Most Power Plants Violating Federal Rules Mandating Cleanup of Toxic Coal Ash Dumps
November 03, 2022
November 03, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 3 (TNSgov) (TNSrpt) -- Earthjustice posted the following news release:
Seven years after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency imposed the first federal rules requiring the cleanup of coal ash waste dumps, only about half of the power plants that are contaminating groundwater agree that cleanup is necessary, and 96 percent of these power plants are not proposing any groundwater treatment. Only one plant out of 292 is planning a comprehensive cleanu . . .
Seven years after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency imposed the first federal rules requiring the cleanup of coal ash waste dumps, only about half of the power plants that are contaminating groundwater agree that cleanup is necessary, and 96 percent of these power plants are not proposing any groundwater treatment. Only one plant out of 292 is planning a comprehensive cleanu . . .