“Under federal regulations, coal ash units cannot ... Regan said of the federal government’s denial of Alabama’s coal ash permitting plan at the time. “Low-income and underserved ...

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) first-ever national standards for the disposal of coal ash are ridden ... reference the final rule in the solid waste plan, get those approved ...

Search the coal plant closest to you below. Includes facilities beyond the ones exempted from the EPA rule. USA TODAY reached ... In 2006, the Alabama Power Company, a subsidiary of the Southern ...

"The expected outcome of the revised arsenic cleanup level will result in an estimate of four additional properties that need ...

EPA first adopted rules in 2015 regarding toxic ash generated when burning coal. However, the Coal Combustion Residuals Rule exempted landfills that stopped accepting coal ash before Oct. 19 ...

It's also unclear whether stricter coal ash rules from the Biden administration will be in effect for long. The Trump administration plans to change the rule this year. NIPSCO didn’t provide ...

Its current plan has a $500 million price tag. A bill that would have required coal ash to be excavated and stored in a modern, lined landfill rather than “capped in place” died in February on ...