Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; Legacy/CCRMU Amendments
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- What it does
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is proposing several revisions to the existing federal CCR regulations, including exempting CCR dewatering structures and modifying the legacy coal combustion residual (CCR) surface impoundment and CCR management unit provisions. Additionally, EPA is proposing to establish a new compliance pathway that allows for site-specific considerations during permitting regarding the groundwater monitoring points of compliance, the cleanup levels for corrective action, the appropriate closure requirements, closure timeframes, and allowing CCR extraction for beneficial use during the post-closure care period. The Agency is also proposing to revise the definition of beneficial use by eliminating the requirement for an environmental demonstration for the non-roadway use of more than 12,400 tons of unencapsulated CCR on land, as well as proposing a definition of CCR storage pile, and proposing to exclude specific beneficial uses from federal CCR regulations. Lastly, EPA is providing notice that EPA will reopen the public comment period for the Federal CCR permit program proposed rule, published on February 20, 2020, for a period of 30 days in a future separate action.
The Environmental Protection Agency's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What it would change
1 part of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
- Before this
No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2050-AH39 since Jan. 1, 2025.
Since then:
- What happens next and when
Comments due: Comments on this action must be received on or before June 12, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-07061 |
|---|---|
| Action | Proposed rule; public hearing. |
| Agencies | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Published | April 13, 2026 |
| Comments close | June 12, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 2050-AH39 |
| Docket | EPA-HQ-OLEM-2020-0107 |
| Significant (marked in the Federal Register) | Yes |
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