In June the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a list of coal ash waste storage sites that are considered high hazard. Go to Coal.
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And what does this mean?
This is a list provided by the EPA of sites deemed by the Department of Homeland Security of coal ash sites deemed as "high risk". Can you provide the criteria by which this determination is made?
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Go to the EPA web site to start. There are dozens of articles. Coal ash among other things can contain large quantities of heavy metals which can cause cancer and neurological problem.
The answer is no?
I asked if you could provide some criteria by which the EPA deemed these sights as "high risk". Instead of an answer you tell me to go look it up myself. Thanks for nothing.
I found this explanation through a search. Such a statement would have provided the much needed perspective your original blog entry is sorely lacking.
"The hazard rating pertains not to the integrity of the storage units but rather to what might be threatened if a unit were to fail. EPA defines “high-hazard potential rating” to mean “that a failure will probably cause loss of human life.”"