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Boxer: EPA should regulate coal-fired power plant waste

Published January 8, 2009, 6:06 pm, Miami Herald

Federal regulations are needed to make sure that ash from coal-fired power plants is stored safely, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said on Thursday as the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on the spill of 1 billion gallons of toxic sludge in East Tennessee.

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