Stop Toxic Wastewater from Coal Plants

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EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819-10591

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Dear Administrator Zeldin,

I urge you not to delay the compliance deadlines for the Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category. The 2024 rule appropriately mandates zero discharge for three of the largest and most harmful wastewater streams from coal fired power plants: bottom ash transport wastewater, flue gas desulfurization (FGD) scrubber sludge, and combustion residual leachate.

For decades, coal plants have dumped millions of pounds of toxic metals, nutrients, bromides, and other pollutants into our nation’s waters. These pollutants have been linked to birth defects, cancer, and other health problems.

Given these well-documented risks, EPA should act swiftly to implement these compliance deadlines without delays. Any extension of compliance deadlines will only prolong the release of dangerous pollutants into our waterways, raise costs for downstream drinking water systems and their customers, and put nearby communities and the drinking water they depend on at risk.

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