EPA Coal Ash Rule, Coal Combustion Residuals (CCRs) & Groundwater Contamination

New!  Florence's rains:  Coal ash landfill collapses in Carolinas
(Michael BIESECKER, Associated Press; September 16, 2018)
https://apnews.com/28d9884e801248a39ff8669cd720ab78

EPA eases rules on how coal ash waste is stored across U. S.
(Juliet EILPERIN and Brady DENNIS, Washington Post; July 17, 2018)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/epa-eases-rules-on-how-coal-ash-waste-is-stored-across-the-us/2018/07/17/740e4b9a-89d3-11e8-85ae-511bc1146b0b_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5bdc35911f72

Why the EPA's Proposed Coal Ash Rule is Concerning
(Avner VENGOSH, PhD; Power Magazine; June 1, 2018)
http://www.powermag.com/why-the-epas-proposed-coal-ash-rule-is-concerning/


Legal Documentation:


Environmental Comments on Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2017-0286
(EarthJustice et al., 2018)
http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2018-04-30-Envtl.-Comments-EPA-HQ-OLEM-2017-0286.pdf


Selected Research Articles:


Ranking Coal Ash Materials for Their Potential to Leak Arsenic and Selenium:  Relative Importance of Ash Chemistry and Site Biogeochemistry
(SCHWARTZ et al., 2018)
https://www.osti.gov/pages/servlets/purl/1436933


Leaching Kinetics of As, Mo, and Se from Acidic Coal Fly Ash Samples
(NEUPANE et al., 2017)
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1372791


Influences of Coal Ash Leachates and Emergent Macrophytes on Water Quality in Wetland Microcosms
(OLSON et al., 2017)


Evidence of Coal Ash Pond Leaking in the Southeastern United States
(HARKNESS et al., 2016)
http://sites.nicholas.duke.edu/avnervengosh/files/2011/08/EST-Evidence-of-coalash-leaking.pdf


The Importance of a Nanoscience Approach in the Understanding of Major Aqueous Contamination Scenarios:  Case Study from a Recent Coal Ash Spill
(YANG et al., 2015)
http://www.geo.ecnu.edu.cn/themes/261/userfiles/download/2016/4/17/2ck8ity6nsiq0se.pdf


Boron and Strontium Characterization of Coal Combustion Residuals:  Validation of New Environmental Tracers
(RUHL et al., 2014)
https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/9347/es503746v_coal%20ash%20tracers.pdf?sequence=1


Website:


Final Rule:  Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities
(U. S. EPA)
https://www.epa.gov/coalash/coal-ash-rule




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