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Diana DeGette: “By removing EPA's ability to regulate coal ash under subtitle C, the bill guarantees that coal ash disposal in States…”

On the recordApril 13, 2011
By removing EPA's ability to regulate coal ash under subtitle C, the bill guarantees that coal ash disposal in States with inadequate or even nonexistent regulations will continue without essential controls on dangerous dumping.
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Diana DeGette
Democratic · Colorado

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DeGette warns that the bill will allow unsafe coal ash dumping to persist.

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