ApocaDocs: Coal Ash Declared Safe for Recycling by EPA

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Posted Mon Feb 10 2014: from Bloomberg:


	Coal Ash Declared Safe for Recycling by EPA http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1392041629 Coal ash from power plants is safe for use in cement and wallboard, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said today in a long-delayed decision that may boost recycling of a major source of industrial waste. The determination and an EPA court filing last month indicating it may not regulate ash as a hazardous waste will boost utilities and companies such as Headwaters Inc. (HW) that use the product. The EPA acted as Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) deals with a spill at a North Carolina coal-ash disposal pond that sent toxic arsenic, chromium and lead into a river. Recycling can help curb the number and use of coal-ash ponds, proponents say.

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'Doc Jim says:

Probably not as toxic as that drywall from China.