Environmental Groups Expect Coal Ash Rules After Ruling
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could resume rulemaking for the disposal of toxic coal ash after a federal judge ruled against the agency in a lawsuit brought by environmental groups.
In a decision dated Sept. 30, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton in Washington said that “absent extraordinary circumstances, the court will grant summary judgment” to a portion of a complaint by Appalachian Voices of Boone, North Carolina, and other environmental groups alleging the EPA failed in its legal duty to issue rules for coal ash.