EPA's New Coal Combustion Residuals Rule: A 745-Page Deferral With a 12,400-Ton Surprise

Partner Richard Stoll authored an article published in Bloomberg BNA: Daily Environment Report on March 12, 2015, titled “EPA’s New Coal Combustion Residuals Rule: A 745-Page Deferral With a 12,400-Ton Surprise.” In the article, Stoll traces EPA’s twists and turns on the issue over the past few years, and describes how the White House inter-agency review process blocked EPA Administrator Jackson’s preferred approach for a proposed rule. He predicts – since the long-awaited rule merely “kicks the can down the road” on the most fought-over issue – more rulemaking on the horizon unless Congress intervenes.

UPDATE NOTE: The attached version of Stoll’s article is the April, 2015 update. It includes all the appropriate page citations from the CCR Rule’s publication in the April 17, 2015 Federal Register.