After North Carolina spill, coal ash ponds face extinction

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After North Carolina spill, coal ash ponds face extinction

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/north-carolina-spill-coal-ash-ponds-face-extinction-173622484--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/a4wjGOLblPKCcJtNVUH4mg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-03-14T173622Z_1_CBREA2D1CX900_RTROPTP_2_USA-NORTHCAROLINA-SPILL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Water is seen draining into the Dan River from a coal ash pond at the site of the Duke Energy coal-fired power plant in Eden" align="left" title="Water is seen draining into the Dan River from a coal ash pond at the site of the Duke Energy coal-fired power plant in Eden" border="0" /></a>By Elizabeth Dilts NEW YORK (Reuters) - Power producers' coal ash disposal ponds like the one that leaked toxic sludge into a North Carolina river in February may soon become a thing of the past. After six years of deliberation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in May will decide on changes to the Clean Water Act that would direct power companies to remove dangerous impurities, including carcinogens, from coal ash wastewater before releasing it into rivers that supply drinking water. While the new regulations will not prohibit riverside coal ash disposal sites, the increased cost of wastewater treatment - up to $1 billion for the industry each year - could persuade power producers to move such sites inland, experts and industry groups said. At least 30,000 tons of arsenic-laced coal ash were released into North Carolina's Dan River in early February when a pipe broke under Duke Energy Corp's 27-acre (11-hectare) ash pond.</p><br clear="all"/>

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