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Toxic Cleanup

EPA Coal Ash Cleanup Rule Changes Send Utilities, Agencies Back to Drawing Board

January 18, 2022

Agency said it will deny three utility extensions for unlined pond compliance over groundwater pollution risks, as part of larger agency push to strengthen regulation of power plant residuals disposal and facilities with improper storage.

Georgia Power Says Its Coal Ash Cleanup Tab Has Risen to $9 Billion

Mary B. Powers

November 1, 2021

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The utility has already spent $856 million on remediation and is moving on new cleanup projects, but court battle to stop it from passing costs to ratepayers will likely continue.

Duke Energy, NC AG Settle on Costs for Coal-Ash Cleanup

January 27, 2021

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Duke Energy has reached a settlement with the North Carolina Attorney General, the Sierra Club and Public Staff of the North Carolina Utilities Commission over coal-ash cleanup costs.

Environmental Protection

Trump Administration Reduces Cleanup Mandates for Three Major Industries

Mary B. Powers

December 2, 2020

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Last-ditch EPA and Justice directives ease liability for coal-fired power plants, oil and coal producers and chemical manufacturers, but opponents will seek reversal next year

EPA Eases More Environmental Rules As Nov. 3 Closes In

Mary B. Powers

October 23, 2020

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Agency finalizes streamlined New Source Review process for project adds to air emissions and coal ash storage mandates for power plants in site specific cases, despite environmental group concerns.

Environmental Cleanup

EPA Gives Utilities Until April 11 to Meet New Coal-Ash Storage Rules

Mary B. Powers

August 5, 2020

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Agency extends compliance six months before waste is banned from disposal in unlined storage ponds.

Coal-Ash Spill Cleanup Workers Reject Reputed $10M Exposure Settlement

Mary B. Powers

April 21, 2020

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Group of 52 refuses project manager Jacobs' pay offer and seeks trial over illnesses claimed from remediating huge 2008 Tennessee accident.

Duke Energy Reaches Deal To Excavate Coal-Ash Basins

Mary B. Powers

January 8, 2020

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Under a new settlement with state regulators, communities and environmental groups, Duke Energy will spend $3.5 billion to close its last nine coal-ash storage impoundments in North Carolina, bringing the company’s cost of closing all of its coal-ash sites in North and South Carolina to between $8 billion and $9 billion.

Remotely Operated Machines Deployed at Ala. Coal Ash Site

Jeff Rubenstone

January 8, 2020

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Consolidation and management of coal-ash is dirty, dangerous work, and heavy equipment brought in to shift and compact the waste from coal-fired power plants can pose a hazard for workers.

EPA Unveils New Coal Ash Regulations

Mary B. Powers

November 6, 2019

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The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed two rules that would ease Obama-era requirements for disposal of two streams of waste that result from burning coal to produce electricity—the storage of coal ash and the discharge of contaminated water into waterways.