Epa berencana alihkan pengawasan limbah batu bara ke pemerintah negara bagian

Badan Perlindungan Lingkungan (EPA) berencana mengalihkan pengawasan kolam limbah batu bara beracun kepada regulator negara bagian di bawah pemerintahan Trump. Perubahan ini akan memperluas wewenang yang telah dimiliki oleh lima negara bagian dan berpotensi melemahkan perlindungan federal yang ditetapkan pada tahun 2015. Para kritikus memperingatkan bahwa berkurangnya pendanaan negara bagian dapat membuat masyarakat rentan terhadap kontaminasi air tanah.

Laguna besar tanpa pelapis yang berisi limbah batu bara terletak di sepanjang sungai di Georgia dan negara bagian lainnya, yang memungkinkan logam berat seperti arsenik dan merkuri meresap ke dalam air tanah. Peraturan era Obama mewajibkan pemantauan dan pembersihan, namun celah hukum membuat banyak lokasi yang tidak aktif menjadi tidak teregulasi. Pada bulan April, EPA mengusulkan untuk mengecualikan area pembuangan yang lebih lama dan memberikan fleksibilitas lebih kepada negara bagian dalam rencana pemantauan.

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