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Press Mention Knoxville News Sentinel December 22, 2012

SACE Quoted Web article

Delay in coal ash regulation leaves environmentalists fuming

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Environmental advocates, including Stephen Smith of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, are calling on the EPA to finalize long-delayed federal regulations on coal ash storage following the 2008 Kingston Fossil Plant spill. The article discusses the debate over whether coal ash should be regulated as a hazardous substance or solid waste, with environmentalists arguing for stricter standards and industry groups opposing such designations.

It is high time that the EPA gets the job done. They've just kicked the can down the road.

Stephen A. Smith
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