March 3
Some 109 environmental groups are calling on the federal government to
phase out the wet storage of coal ash.
The groups sent a joint letter to Lisa Jackson, administrator of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, calling on her to regulate coal ash in wake
of the Dec. 22 spill at the Tennessee Valley Authority´s coal-fired power
plant near Kingston, Tenn.
"The wet storage or disposal of coal combustion waste should be phased out,"
the March 3 letter said. "Active surface impoundments should be closed and
emptied within two years."
The environmental groups joining the letter include the Environmental
Integrity Project, Earthjustice, the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources
Defense Council, Greenpeace, the National Wildlife Foundation, Public
Citizen, Environment America and the Clean Air Task Force.
A copy of the letter is available at
www.environmentalintegrity.org/pub608.cfm .
Contact Waste & Recycling News reporter Joe Truini at 330-865-6166 or
jtruini@crain.com
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