The Trump administration has finalized changes to a 2015 rule that will give the owners and operators of coal ash ponds more time to store toxic coal ash and pushes back a deadline to close those ponds. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule finalized July 29 meets and expands on court-ordered changes to the 2015 Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities rule, also known as the Coal Combustion Residuals Rule.
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