House GOP lawmakers are signaling they may be open to revising legislation aimed at circumventing EPA's pending coal ash disposal rule with state-crafted permit programs, after the agency's top waste official raised concerns that several provisions of the bill need greater clarity - such as how much oversight power EPA would have under the bill. "I don't think any of us are afraid to make changes to the legislation," Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) told EPA waste chief Mathy Stanislaus at an April 11 hearing of the House Energy & Commerce Committee's environment panel. The subcommittee discussed draft legislation that mirrors a Senate bill from last year that would authorize a coal ash disposal permit program run by states as an alternative to EPA finalizing its pending coal ash rule.
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