EPA Amends the Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) Rule

August 2nd, 2018 by Ann Rippe

Action Forcing Change Summary
EPA is finalizing revisions to the 2015 Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) Rule. First, EPA is adopting two alternative performance standards that may apply to either "participating states" or states where EPA is the permitting authority. Second, EPA is revising groundwater protection standards (GWPS) for four constituents which do not have an established Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL). And third, EPA is extending the deadline by which facilities must cease the placement of waste in CCR units closing for cause in two situations: where the facility has detected a statistically significant increase above a GWPS from an unlined surface impoundment; and where the unit is unable to comply with the aquifer location restriction.

For the full text of 83 FR 36435, click here.

Related Citations
40 CFR 257.101; 40 CFR 257.102; 40 CFR 257.104; 40 CFR 257.105; 40 CFR 257.106; 40 CFR 257.107; 40 CFR 257.60; 40 CFR 257.61; 40 CFR 257.62; 40 CFR 257.63; 40 CFR 257.64; 40 CFR 257.70; 40 CFR 257.71; 40 CFR 257.72; 40 CFR 257.80; 40 CFR 257.81; 40 CFR 257.82; 40 CFR 257.90; 40 CFR 257.91; 40 CFR 257.93; 40 CFR 257.94; 40 CFR 257.95; 40 CFR 257.96; 40 CFR 257.97; 40 CFR 257.98

Ann Rippe

Manager of Regulatory Services