Stop Toxic Wastewater from Coal Plants
Environmental Protection Agency
Last year, we won stronger standards that limit coal-fired power plants from dumping their harmful wastewater into our rivers, lakes, and streams. But now, Trump’s EPA wants to delay these protections, allowing coal plants to keep dumping toxins into our waterways for an additional five years. That’s five more years of toxic metals, nutrients, and other pollutants that will harm our drinking water, hurt ecosystems, and hurt our health.
We can’t let this happen. Join us in leaving a comment for the EPA that we must keep these standards in place to protect our health, our climate, and our safety!
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Dear Administrator Zeldin,
I do not support your proposal to delay the compliance deadlines for the Effluent Limitations Guidelines for power plants. The 2024 guidelines appropriately mandate zero discharge for three of the largest and most harmful wastewater streams from coal-fired power plant.
For decades, coal plants have dumped millions of pounds of toxic metals, nutrients, bromides, and other pollutants into our nation’s waters. These pollutants have been linked to birth defects, cancer, and other health problems.
Given these well-documented risks, EPA should act swiftly to implement these compliance deadlines without delays. Any extension of compliance deadlines will only prolong the release of dangerous pollutants into our waterways, raise costs for downstream drinking water systems and their customers, and put nearby communities and the drinking water they depend on at risk.
Sincerely,