Source: Jodi Delapaz, AGRI-PULSE, 9/22/16

The water resources bill that the Senate recently passed on a near-unanimous vote of 95-3 also includes a states-first approach for regulating the disposal and recycling of coal ash, a measure strongly opposed by environmental groups. Coal ash, also known as coal combustion residuals (CCRs), is the particulate residue that remains from burning coal.

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