Final Transportation Bill Excludes Provision Barring Hazardous Waste Regulation for Coal Ash.

The article informs that a federal surface transportation bill which does not include a provision barring the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) from regulating coal ash under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act governing hazardous waste management was passed by Congress on June 29, 2012. It mentions that this means that EPA still is free to regulate coal ash as a special waste under Subtitle C assuming Congress does not pass a standalone measure addressing coal ash.