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On the recordMarch 17, 2015
EPA's final rule published online in December set Federal floor standards for the safe disposal of coal ash for the first time, and the rule has been decades in the making.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Pallone discusses the importance of the EPA's new coal ash disposal standards.

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