Coal combustion byproducts : potential impact of a hazardous waste designation on small businesses in the recycling industry : hearing before the Committee on Small Business, United States House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, hearing held July 22, 2010.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Rural Development, Entrepreneurship, and Trade.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coal--Combustion--By-products--Safety regulations--United States.

Coal.

Coal--Combustion--By-products--Environmental aspects--United States.

Coal ash--Recycling--United States.

Coal ash.

Coal ash--Government policy--United States.

Concrete--Additives--United States.

Concrete.

Coal ash industry--United States.

Coal ash industry.

Recycling industry--Safety regulations--United States.

Recycling industry.

Small business--Safety regulations--United States.

Small business.

United States. Environmental Protection Agency--Rules and practice.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (v, 197 p.)) ill

Other Title:

Coal combustion byproducts

Place of Publication:

Washington : United States Government Printing Office Jan. 2010

Summary:

"The subcommittee has called this hearing so that members might learn more about coal ash, the small businesses that turn coal ash into useful products and the concerns that these businesses have about the proposed Federal regulations that they believe may have a negative effect on their industry ... The EPA has recently issued two proposals for regulating coal ash. One would regulate coal ash as a solid waste and would provide very limited Federal enforceability and may not provide adequate protection of the environment and human health. The other would list coal ash as a special waste under the Hazardous Waste Subtitle in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Subtitle C. The second option is one that we will focus on ... since it has generated great concerns among small businesses across this country. These businesses, many of which are represented here today, have reason to believe that regulating coal ash under Subtitle C, even as a special waste, will open recycling operations to added litigation and a stigma that will discourage the ... use of the products made with recycled coal ash."--P. 1-2.