Ken
O’Brien
The Environmental Protection Agency announced on
Friday the first national regulations for the safe disposal of coal ash from
power plants.
The new rules categorize coal ash as a nonhazardous
waste.
"These strong safeguards will protect drinking
water from contamination, air from coal ash dust and our communities from
structural failures, while providing facilities a practical approach for
implementation," EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said in a release.
