Proposed EPA Coal Ash Rule Could Hurt Small Firms

(Trading Markets 7-27-2010) Washington, DC - Recycling industry entrepreneurs today told a key Congressional panel they are concerned new regulations proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could stop them from converting coal-fired power plant waste into safe, ecofriendly building products. During a hearing of the House Committee on Small Business' Rural Development, Entrepreneurship and Trade Subcommittee, witnesses said the rules could raise utility rates and cause layoffs.
 

Five Things To Know if EPA Reclassifies CCR's As Hazardous Waste

(PowerGen Worldwide 7-26-2010) Coal combustion residuals currently are not classified as hazardous waste, however, that is likely to change soon. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposes to regulate CCRs under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to address risks from CCR disposal at electric utilities and independent power producers. The agency is considering two options and proposing two alternative regulations, one of which would regulate CCRs under subtitle C of the act, and the other under subtitle D.

Headwaters Resources, Inc. Supports Use of Fly Ash at House Small Business Subcommittee on Rural Development, Entrepreneurship and Trade Hearing

(Trading Markets 7-26-2010) Thank you Mr. Chairman. Honorable Members of the Committee, I am Bill Gehrmann, President of Headwaters Resources, Inc., on whose behalf I am testifying today.

Bross Construction Testifies on Behalf of Fly Ash Use in Concrete

(Insurance News 7-26-2010) Bross Construction is a multi-faceted family owned construction company established in 1966. My father, two brothers and myself own and operate the company. Many of the construction services we provide involve the use of ready mix concrete, in fact we own several ready mix plants which incorporate the use of flyash. The ability to use coal ash as an additive in our ready mix concrete has lowered the cost to the consumer for concrete projects. Projects ranging from highways to driveways.

EPA to Hold Coal-Ash Hearing in Denver

(Denver Business Journal 7-24-2010) Denver will be the site of one of five public hearings nationwide that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has scheduled on proposed rules for coal ash from power plants.
 

Lawmakers Plan Bill Giving EPA "Solid Waste" CCR Enforcement Authority

(Inside EPA 7-22-2010) House lawmakers are poised to introduce a bill that would give EPA first-time authority to enforce solid waste rules for coal combustion residues (CCR) in an effort to reach a compromise with the agency to avoid more stringent hazardous waste CCR rules, which industry says would obliterate the coal ash recycling industry. 
 

NRMCA TELLS LAWMAKERS OF EPA-PROPOSED COAL ASH DESIGNATION PITFALLS

(Concrete Products 7-23-2010) Testifying July 22 on Capitol Hill, NRMCA President Robert Garbini noted that a potential Environmental Protection Agency plan to classify coal ash as a hazardous waste would exert a significant economic toll on producers nationwide, especially small operators, and make beneficial use of ASTM C618 material in concrete more onerous.

EPA SETS PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR PROPOSED COAL ASH DESIGNATION, DISPOSAL RULE

(Concrete Products 7-23-2010) The EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery is accepting speaker preregistration for public hearings on its proposed “Identification and Listing of Special Waste: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities” rule, whose contentious provisions have drawn sharp criticism from fly ash marketers and users. With morning, afternoon and evening sessions, the hearings are scheduled August 30–September 16 in Arlington, Va.; Denver; Dallas; Charlotte, N.C.; and Chicago.
 

Army Corps Considering Coal Ash To Fix Levees

(Business Week 7-14-2010) The Army Corps of Engineers wants to use ash cast off from coal-fired electrical generation to shore up dozens of miles of Mississippi River levees, drawing fire from environmentalists worried that heavy metals from the filler might make their way into the river.
 

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