Environmental Integrity Project: New Report - Most Power Plants Violating Federal Rules Mandating Cleanup of Toxic Coal Ash Dumps
November 04, 2022
November 04, 2022
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (TNSgov)(TNSrpt) -- The Environmental Integrity Project posted the following news release on Nov. 3, 2022:
Seven years after EPA 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 cleanup.
Seven years after EPA 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 cleanup.