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On the recordApril 13, 2011
The purpose of the legislation we are examining today is to ensure that EPA does not regulate the safe disposal of toxic coal ash under subtitle C.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman outlines the goal of the legislation regarding coal ash regulation.

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