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Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities; A Holistic Approach to Closure Part A: Deadline to Initiate Closure

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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed 1 comment on this docket between Feb 6, 2020 and Feb 6, 2020. 21 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 2370d ago.

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Feb 6, 2020· Mass Comment Campaign sponsored by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) (web)· EPA-HQ-OLEM-2019-0172-0089

Dear EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler Please kindly accept the attached 21,628 public comments from members and activists of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), in opposition to the proposed rule that would lower the criteria for existing and new coal combustion residuals (CCR) landfills and existing and new CCR surface impoundments. We are alarmed at your proposal to block or delay the closure of coal ash waste ponds. Coal ash contains deadly toxins, including carcinogens like arsenic and chromium, and unlined waste ponds that store coal ash are prone to spills and leaks that can contaminate groundwater and drinking water supplies of nearby communities. Instead of allowing these ponds to keep operating, we should be closing them as quickly as possible to protect people and the environment. Please abandon this misguided clean water rollback immediately. Thank you so much for your time. Regards, Natural Resources Defense Council

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Abstract

This rule is in response to the vacatur of certain provisions of the 2015 CCR Rule in the August 2018 USWAG court decision and in response to the court’s remand of a specific provision in the July 2018 CCR rule, issued on March 13, 2019. This rule will establish a new date for CCR surface impoundments to cease receipt of waste and initiate closure. It is not economically significant.

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