Markey Urges Limits On Beneficial Reuse Of Coal Ash In EPA Waste Rule

摘要

Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) is urging EPA to include first-time restrictions on the beneficial reuse of coal combustion waste as part of the agency's pending proposal to establish disposal rules for the waste, warning that some reuses of coal ash can result in heavy metals within the ash leaching out and contaminating water supplies.rnMarkey, chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee's environmental panel, said during a Dec. 10 subcommittee hearing on coal ash and drinking water that the waste is not suitable for reuse in some circumstances -for example as fill material in landscaping - because it may leach out of the product and contaminate drinking water. Still, Markey said he supports reuse where it poses no leaching threat, for example when used in cement.