"Environmental advocates Oct. 2 claimed that EPA’s coal ash proposals are illegal because companies may be allowed to reuse this material without proper monitoring and public protections.
Earthjustice attorney Lisa Evans told the Environmental Protection Agency at a public hearing in Arlington, Va., that the coal ash proposals ignore scientific evidence that the byproduct from burning coal in power plants is hazardous waste.
She said the proposal allows “unlimited volumes” of toxic ash to be placed in playgrounds as fill material, and near drinking water wells, “with no notice, no monitoring, no liners, no requirements whatsoever — even though coal ash fill projects contaminate groundwater, drinking water, soil, and air.”"
Amena H. Saiyid reports for Bloomberg Environment October 2, 2019.
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