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Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; CCR Management Unit Deadline Extension Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency published this final rule in the Federal Register on July 22, 2025. It took effect on January 22, 2026. Comments closed on August 21, 2025.
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What the agency says
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is taking direct final action to establish an additional option for owners or operators of active coal combustion residuals (CCR) facilities or inactive CCR facilities with a legacy CCR surface impoundment to comply with the facility evaluation report (FER) Part 1 requirements and to extend compliance deadlines for the remaining CCRMU provisions published in the Federal Register on May 8, 2024. The May 8, 2024 rule (Legacy Final Rule) established regulatory requirements for legacy CCR surface impoundments and CCR management units (CCRMU) under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-13698
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Direct final rule
- Agency
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Published
- July 22, 2025
- Takes effect
- January 22, 2026
- Comments due
- August 21, 2025
- Dates
- This final rule is effective on January 22, 2026, without further notice unless EPA receives adverse comment by August 21, 2025. If EPA receives adverse comment, the Agency will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the public about the specific regulatory paragraph(s) or amendment(s) that will not take effect.
- Docket
- EPA-HQ-OLEM-2020-0107; FRL-7814.2-02-OLEM
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2050-AH36
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 40 CFR 257
- Topics
- Environmental protection; Hazardous waste
- Pages
- 9
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