Changes aim to curtail scope of legacy ash storage site cleanups, allow states to set more site-specific standards and alter rules for “beneficial" use in manufacturing materials such as cement and drywall.
Project would replace coal-fired facility that spilled millions of gallons of coal ash waste in a river and surrounding area after a 2008 impoundment collapse.
After years of battle, firm that managed remediation of 2008 TVA power plant coal ash site breach in Tennessee sending waste over 300 acres and costing about $1 billion, agrees to undisclosed monetary deal with up to 200 workers who had sought many millions.
