Submission to Environmental Protection Agency Regarding Proposed Changes to Coal Combustion Residuals Rule

Re: Docket No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0524 Dear Administrator Wheeler: Related Content Human Rights Watch Submission to Environmental Protection Agency Regarding Proposed Changes to Coal Combustion Residuals Rule We are writing to strongly oppose several of the changes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed making to the Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) rule.[1] The changes risk effectively exempting businesses from preventing, monitoring, and correcting pollution emanating from many coal ash piles, apparently including the 400,000-ton mountain of coal ash in Puerto Rico. In doing so,…

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