In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 25 simultaneously finalized four major environmental rules covering greenhouse gases (GHG), air toxics, wastewater discharges, and coal combustion…
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in May of this year issued a proposed rule that would greatly expand the scope of federal regulations governing the management of coal combustion…
Coal ash, or coal combustion residuals (CCRs), is the second-largest waste material in the U.S., just behind household garbage. The safe and sustainable management of coal ash poses one of…
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will pursue a first-of-its-kind pilot program at the Shawnee Fossil Plant in West Paducah, Kentucky, to determine if closed coal ash sites are suitable for utility-scale…
Ash Pond Closure by Removal Project Includes Dewatering, Excavation, Conditioning and Loadout for Offsite Disposal of 366,000 Cubic Yards of Ponded Coal Ash LOUISVILLE, KY (October 5, 2022) – Charah®…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is readying a regulatory sweep targeting more stringent limits on traditional pollutants that could accelerate coal power plant closures. A coal trade group estimates that…
Award Represents One of the Largest and Longest Term Projects in Company History Includes Excavation of Approximately 4.3 Million Cubic Yards of Coal Combustion Residuals from Three Ash Ponds to…
This Week’s EPA Action Marks First Time EPA Will Enforce 2015 Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation from Coal-Fired Power Plants for the Management of Ash Impoundments and Landfills LOUISVILLE, KY (January…
Sometime around midnight on Dec. 22, 2008, a dike at the coal ash dewatering pond for the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) 1,400-MW Kingston power plant in Roane County, Tennessee, failed.…
Scope of Projects Includes Site Clearing, Road Construction, Ash Stabilization, Ash Excavation and Ash Relocation LOUISVILLE, KY (October 21, 2021) – Charah® Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: CHRA) (the “Company”), a leading…