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July 13, 2016

Virginia trial could result in new national coal ash disposal rules

  • A judge is looking at whether the Clean Water Act applies to tainted groundwater connected to rivers and other surface waters.
    • By ALAN SUDERMAN
    Associated Press

    RICHMOND, Va. — Dirtier rivers or higher electric prices.

    That's what environmentalists and utility officials say is at stake in an upcoming federal court ruling in Virginia could have far-reaching effects on how energy companies dispose of coal ash waste left over from decades of burning coal. Spurred by high-profile coal ash spills and new federal regulations, utilities are grappling with the disposal of vast amounts of the heavy-metal-laced waste.


     
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