The EPA announced its plans to stop six coal-fired power plants from continuing to dump coal ash – a toxic byproduct of coal-fired electricity – into unlined ponds.
The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced it plans to stop six coal-fired power plants from continuing to dump coal ash – a toxic byproduct of coal-fired electricity – into unlined ponds. The agency announced last year that it would begin to enforce Obama-era regulations requiring coal-fired power plants to clean up the waste generated from their operations. There are approximately 500 unlined coal-ash ponds in the United States, according to the EPA.
If the agency finalizes these denials, the power plants will ultimately have to stop dumping coal ash in unlined ponds – which could make it more expensive for the plants to stay open. The agency also announced that while a seventh power plant – the Apache Generating Station in Cochise, Arizona – has withdrawn its application with the agency, the EPA did find deficiencies in the plant’s coal ash liners and groundwater monitoring.
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