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Federal crackdown on coal ash waste
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Federal crackdown on coal ash waste in the works as Southern Co. resists tougher environmental regs

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials are seeking public input on a proposal to close a regulatory loophole that conservationists claim utilities are exploiting to avoid cleaning up toxic coal ash from retired power plants. Stanley Dunlap covers the story for the Georgia Recorder.
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Federal crackdown on coal ash waste
Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.https://www.flickr.com/photos/vintage_illustration/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Federal crackdown on coal ash waste in the works as Southern Co. resists tougher environmental regs

EPA proposes rule forcing Georgia Power, utilities comply with 2015 federal environmental regulation on toxic coal ash ponds, landfill dumps.
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