Placard on exterior of EPA Building in Washington, D.C. (iStock)
Alabama Department of Environmental Management spokeswoman M. Lynn Battle wrote in an email that the agency was reviewing the 174-page document and would comment later on the decision.
The EPA warned last year that it was poised to reject Alabama’s program, citing deficiencies in Alabama’s permits for closure requirements of unlined surface impoundments, groundwater monitoring and required corrective actions.
The Southern Environmental Law Center and other groups praised the decision.
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"Today marks a significant victory for every Alabamian who values clean water," Cade Kistler of Mobile Baykeeper said in a statement. "The EPA’s final denial underscores what our communities have said all along — that leaving toxic coal ash in unlined leaking pits by our rivers is unacceptable."
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