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EPA Rolls Out More Stringent Effluent Limitations Guidelines for Coal Power Plants

March 8, 2023 admin bottom ash transport, Coal, coal power, effluent, elgs, Environmental, EPA, FGD, Fuel, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, Wastewater, zero-discharge

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 16:53:06 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing more stringent discharge standards for three types of coal power plant wastewater as part of an update to its Effluent Limitations Guidelines (ELGs). However, the agency also proposed compliance flexibilities, and in a separate direct final rule, moved to extend a deadline to allow more coal plants to […]

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EPA Delayed on Proposed ELG Revisions for Steam Power Plants

July 9, 2019 admin bat, bottom ash wastestreams, Business, ccr, Coal, coal ash, courts, delays, effluent limitations guidelines, elgs, Environmental, FGD, Gas, gasification, Legal & Regulatory, news, Nuclear, pses, trump administration

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 22:26:26 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is behind on its proposed revisions to the Obama administration’s effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) for steam electric power plants. In an e-mail to POWER on July 9, the EPA confirmed that the agency was still “working expeditiously” to complete the proposed rule, and it has yet to submit it to […]

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Federal Court Vacates Parts of Obama EPA’s ELG Rule

April 18, 2019 admin Business, Clean Water Act, Coal, coal ash, courts, effluent limitations guidelines, elgs, fifth circuit, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, news, Nuclear, Technology, timelines, trump epa, Wastewater, Water, water treatment

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 14:06:55 +0000

In a legal victory for environmental groups, a federal court has vacated key portions of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) November 2015–promulgated effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) for steam electric power plants, deeming them “unlawful.” The decision adds a dramatic new element of uncertainty for the rule’s timeline, which the Trump administration has said it expects […]

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