Coal-burning plant owners in Ohio are asking the new EPA commissioner for exemptions from cleaning up toxic coal ash waste that is polluting groundwater. Companies, including those behind the nation's deadliest coal plant, claim the cleanup rules are ineffective and costly. Environmental groups express concerns that the EPA might grant these exemptions, putting public health at risk.
The following article was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal and published on News5Cleveland.com under a content-sharing agreement.President Donald Trump comes into office vowing to ease environmental regulations on the utility industry. Now companies that own coal-burning plants in Ohio are asking the new administration to excuse them from cleaning up acres of toxic waste that is soaked in groundwater.
The plant, located along the Ohio River near Cheshire, also has a 300-acre coal ash impoundment containing 8.2 million cubic yards of the partially toxic stuff.In other places, such impoundments have failed with disastrous results. The ash is so toxic that more than 50 workers who didn’t have proper protective equipment died after cleaning up a massive 2008 spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant, the Tennessee Lookout reported. Another 150 were sickened.
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