Coal

April 6, 2020 | Fact Sheet

CCR Part B Fact Sheet Spanish / Hoja Informativa: Regla Propuesta de la Parte B

La propuesta aumenta el daño a la salud y al medio ambiente al debilitar severamente la regulación a las cenizas de carbón (CCR) de 2015

March 20, 2020 | Fact Sheet

Coal Ash: Background Information

A backgrounder on coal ash and its impacts, a summary of the years-long efforts to safeguard communities from this toxic waste, and a guide to the ongoing attempts to erase those gains.

March 11, 2020 | In the News: IndyStar

Indiana Approves Toxic Polluting Facility At Least A Dozen Other States Would Have Denied

March 6, 2020 | Letter

CCR Part B: Request for Public Hearing and Comment Period Extension

Request on behalf of 66 organizations for Public Hearing and 120-Day Comment Period for Proposed Rule, “A Holistic Approach to Closure Part B: Alternate Demonstration for Unlined Surface Impoundments; Implementation of Closure,” EPA-HQ-OLEM-2019-0173 and Proposed Federal CCR Permit Program, EPA-HQ-OLEM-2019-0361

March 2, 2020 | In the News: WCPO

EPA Settles More Than a Decade Of Pollution Claims Against Zimmer Power Plant For $600K

Thomas Cmar, Deputy Managing Attorney, Coal Program, Earthjustice: “What’s most significant about this settlement is it appears the EPA caught the company red-handed not using the controls they already had in place.”

February 24, 2020 | In the News: Utility Dive

Final EPA Coal Ash Proposal Could Allow Some Ponds To Go Unlined

Lisa Evans, Senior Counsel, Coal Program, Earthjustice: "EPA is proposing that there be an alternate liner, but that is really no liner at all."

February 6, 2020 | Article

In the Fight to Clean up Coal Ash, These States Are Making Progress

Our partners are working to enact coal ash cleanup legislation across the nation. Here are some locations where they've succeeded.

February 6, 2020 | Letter

Coal Combustion Residuals Closure Deadlines (Part A) Hearing Request

Request for Public Hearings and 120-Day Comment Periods for Proposed Rules regarding Coal Combustion Residuals Closure Deadlines (Part A) and Revision of Steam Electric Power Generating Effluent Limitations Guidelines

February 6, 2020 | Letter

NOI for Failure to Perform Nondiscretionary Duties

60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue for Failure to Perform Nondiscretionary Duties under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

February 6, 2020 | In the News: Courier & Press