I would also like to acknowledge that, in finalizing the rule, the Agency faced a genuine dilemma, create an enforceable permit program for coal ash under subtitle C and designate coal ash as a hazardous waste or promulgate self-implementing standards for managing coal ash as nonhazardous waste under subtitle D.
Shimkus highlights the challenges EPA faced in finalizing the coal ash rule.
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