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Jim Inhofe: “Mr. Kezar, under the current law, the EPA does not have the authority to approve State permitting programs for coal ash…”

On the recordJune 16, 2015
Mr. Kezar, under the current law, the EPA does not have the authority to approve State permitting programs for coal ash disposal and the technical requirements in the EPA's rules are enforceable only through citizen suits.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe questions the EPA's authority on state permitting for coal ash disposal.

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