After Biden Denied Alabama Coal Waste Bid, Trump Reverses Course

Trump EPA Moves to Approve Alabama Coal Ash Program Rejected by Biden Administration

The Trump administration is moving to approve a controversial program in Alabama that could allow millions of tons of toxic coal ash to remain buried in place alongside the state’s rivers, even though much of that material is sitting in groundwater where it can leach into the environment.  The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced […]

After Biden Denied Alabama Coal Waste Bid, Trump Reverses Course

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed to approve Alabama’s application to take over issuing certain coal waste permits from the agency, part of a trend under President Donald Trump to transfer more authority from the federal government to states.

EPA Proposes to Approve Alabama’s Coal Combustion Residuals Permit Program - Oklahoma Farm Report

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed the approval of Alabama’s coal combustion residuals (CCR) permit program application. If finalized, the action would shift authority for permitting CCR disposal in surface impoundments and landfills from the federal government to the state. This proposal advances EPA’s mission to Unleash American Energy Dominance, strengthens cooperative federalism, and protects human health and the envir…

E&E News: EPA eyes granting Alabama oversight of coal waste

The draft decision concerning coal ash dumps comes three years after the Biden administration rejected a similar proposal from Alabama regulators.