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Jan 03, 2010<\/span>\u00a0\u00b7 As part of its two-decades-long look at\u00a0coal<\/strong>\u00a0waste, the EPA conducted a site visit of\u00a0North Dakota<\/strong>\u00a0and other states\u2019\u00a0coal<\/strong>\u00a0waste\u00a0landfill<\/strong>\u00a0practices. It released a findings report in 2002.<\/p>\n Author:<\/strong>\u00a0LAUREN DONOVAN Bismarck Tribune<\/p>\n Most\u00a0coal ash landfills<\/strong>\u00a0and ponds do not conduct monitoring, so the majority of water contamination goes undetected. According to U.S. EPA, there are over 1,000 operating\u00a0coal ash landfills<\/strong>\u00a0and ponds and many hundreds of “retired”\u00a0coal ash<\/strong>\u00a0disposal sites. … See the latest news from Earthjustice on\u00a0coal ash<\/strong>. … b\u00a0North Dakota<\/strong>. i Ohio. j …<\/p>\n 22 hours ago\u00a0\u00b7 In 2017,\u00a0North Dakota coal<\/strong>-fired power plants produced 2.7 million tons of\u00a0coal ash<\/strong>, which must be properly disposed of and monitored. Photo courtesy of the\u00a0North Dakota<\/strong>\u00a0Department of \u2026<\/p>\n This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved Oklahoma\u2019s application to operate a permit program for disposing of\u00a0coal<\/strong>\u00a0combustion residuals, or\u00a0coal ash<\/strong>, in\u00a0landfills<\/strong>\u00a0and surface impoundments. This approval makes Oklahoma the first state in the nation to run a federally approved\u00a0coal ash<\/strong>\u00a0permit program.<\/p>\n [PDF]<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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