Jun 30, 2026· Mass Comment Campaign sponsored by Southern Environmental Law Center· EPA-HQ-OLEM-2020-0107-1641
The Southern Environmental Law Center submits to EPA regarding EPA-HQ-OLEM-2020-0107 the attached comments from 7,259 American people across the United States. Their comments oppose EPA's proposed rule to eliminate common-sense, nationwide minimum safeguards that protect clean water against coal ash pollution and prevent catastrophic coal ash spills and other disasters. Many of the people commenting are from communities across the South that experienced firsthand coal ash pollution and disasters from utilities' storing it in leaking, unlined pits next to rivers and lakes, and fought for these protections against coal ash contamination and spills.