Coal Ash News May 2024. Epa administrator michael regan said the plan would hold polluters accountable for controlling and cleaning up coal ash, a byproduct of burning coal that. Coal ash has long been used as filler material in residential areas, schools, highways, bridges and various infrastructure projects.
Campbell generating complex with a portion of the coal ash ponds in ottawa county, mich. Alabama utilities may now be forced to dig out its coal ash ponds and move the coal ash to lined landfills, if the epa maintains its position that coal ash cannot remain in contact with.