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House approves bill to create state coal-ash permit program; sponsors say it keeps regulation local
Summary
The Tennessee House passed Senate Bill 1274, a measure sponsors say will let the state create a coal combustion residual (CCR) landfill permitting program and recover costs for CCR activities. Sponsors framed the change as a way to keep oversight at the state level rather than under direct federal control.
The Tennessee House passed Senate Bill 1274 on third reading after floor debate focused on how Tennessee should regulate coal combustion residuals (coal ash) and who should have permitting authority.
Chairman David Todd, speaking as the bill sponsor on the House floor, said the measure “modernizes some things for our Department of Environment and Conservation,” including updating cap fees in the non–Title V air permitting program and removing the CCR landfill permit program from the environmental protection fund structure so the department can “authorize cost recovery for activities related to coal combustion residual disposal units.” He also said the bill would “modify the prohibition of the disposal of coal ash in an online facility to allow TDEC to permit and…
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