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Senator Durbin Joins Colleagues to Tell EPA: Don’t Weaken Coal Ash Rule

Illinois coal ash power plants
Location of Illinois’ coal-fired power plants (Source: Prairie Rivers Network)
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—April 30, 2018
By: Rosemary Piser

Senator Dick Durbin joined 10 Democratic Senators today urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to not weaken the 2015 federal regulation for the safe disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR) or “coal ash.” These standards protect drinking water, human health, and the environment.  Since the rule was finalized, Congress passed the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation…

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