Last Revised: 8/6/2010

Coal Combustion Byproducts Comments & Letters

Please note: The following letters are separated into two catagories: communications during the pre-proposal stage, and communications made following publication of EPA's proposed CCR Regulations.

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Comments/Letters on EPA's Proposed Regulations

Congressional Letters

• Senator Casey letter to EPA (July 27, 2010)
  
• Senators Conrad & Brownback Letter to EPA (July 29, 2010)
• Senators Rockefeller and Goodwin (July 29, 2010)
  
  
• Representatives Boucher & Upton (House Energy & Commerce Committee) Letter to EPA (July 29, 2010)
  
• Press Release from Reps Boucher and Upton
• Representative Holden letter to EPA (July 29, 2010)
• Representative Ellsworth Letter to AEPA (July 27, 2010)

Pre-Proposal Letters

Congressional Letters

• Senate Letter (Conrad) (June 26, 2009)
• Senate Letter (Bayh) (December 23, 2009)
• Senator Burris (D-IL)
• Senator Casey (D-PA)
• Senator Kyl (R-AZ)
• Senator Roberts' (R-KS)
  
  
• House (Holden) Letter to EPA (June 18, 2009)
• House (Holden) Letter to President Obama (March 23, 2010)
• Illinois Congressional Delegation Letter to OMB
• Joint House Letter (Boucher, Upton, Space, Rogers)(April 27, 2010)
• Representatives Issa and Mica's letter to DOT
• Representative Bonner (R-AL)
• Representative Bright (D-AL)
• Representative Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
• Representative Platts (R-PA)
• Representative Sires (D - NJ)
• Representative Schock (R-IL)
• Representative Skelton (D-MO)
• Representative Teagues' (D-NM)

State Letters to EPA on CCP Regulation

Governors

• National Governors Association
• Western Governors Association
• North Dakota Governor Hoeven
• West Virginia Governor Manchin Op-Ed

Other Executive Officials

• Kentucky Attorney General Conway
• Missouri Lieutenant Governor Kinder

State Environmental Regulatory Agencies

• ASTSWMO Letter to EPA | Summary of State Survey | Comments from State Regulators
• ASTSWMO Phase II Survey Report, November 5, 2009
  
  
• ECOS October 15, 2009 Letter to EPA
• ECOS Resolution 08-14 REVISED March 23, 2010
• ECOS Resolution 08-14
• ECOS 2008 Letter to EPA
  
  
• Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
• Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
• Florida Department of Environmental Protection
  
• Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
• Illinois EPA
• Indiana Department of Environmental Management
• Indiana Department of Natural Resources
• Iowa Department of Natural Resources
• Kansas Department of Health and Environment (3/31/09)
• Kansas Department of Health and Environment (9/21/09)
• Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
• Maryland Department of the Environment
• Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• Missouri Department of Natural Resources (3/31/09)
• Missouri Department of Natural Resources (11/24/09)
• Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
• New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• North Dakota Department of Health
• Ohio EPA
  
• Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
• Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
• South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
• South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources
• Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
• Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (3/31/09)
• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (9/30/09)
• West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
• West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (10/14/09)
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
  
  
• Interstate Mining Compact Commission Letter to OMB
• Interstate Mining Compact Commission Letter to EPA
• Pennsylvania Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board Letter to EPA
  
  State DOT/Highway Administration
  
  
• American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Letters to DOT and EPA
• AASHTO Resolution 0809
• AASHTO Policy Resolution 10-09
• Arizona Department of Transportation
• Colorado Department of Transportation
• Florida Department of Transportation
• Indiana Department of Transportation
• Michigan Department of Transportation
• Minnesota Department of Transportation
• New Hampshire Department of Transportation
• North Carolina Department of Transportation
• Texas Department of Transportation
• Utah Department of Transportation
  
  State Public Utility Commissions
  
  
• Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor
• Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
• Louisiana Public Service Commission
• Missouri Public Service Commission
• New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
• North Carolina Public Utility Commission
• North Carolina Utilities Commission, Public Staff, Consumer Advocate
• North Dakota Public Service Commission
• Ohio Public Utilities Commission
• Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
• South Carolina State Office of Regulatory Staff
  
  Chambers of Commerce
  
  
• Michigan Chamber of Commerce - Michigan Manufacturing Association Joint Letter
• Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
• North Carolina Department of Commerce
• Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
• South Carolina Department of Commerce
• US Chamber of Commerce
  
  Miscellaneous
  
  
• National Conference of State Legislatures
  

Labor

• Unions for Jobs And the Environment (to EPA)
• Unions for Jobs and the Environment (to OMB)
  

Municipal Goverments

• US Conference of Mayors
• Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Grand Island, Nebraska
• Hastings, Nebraska
• Rock Falls, Illinois
• Springfield, Illinois
• Texas Municipal Power Agency
• Wyandotte, Michigan

Tribal Goverment

• Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
  

Technical/Educational Organization Letters

• American Coal Ash Association
• American Concrete Institute
• American Society for Testing and Materials

Industry Letters

• American Concrete Pavement Association
• American Society of Concrete Contractors
• ARIPPA
• Arizona Rock Products Association
• Asociated General Contractors of America
• Bender Ready Mix
• Bode Concrete
• Boral Materials Technologies
• Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad
• Byram Concrete & Supply
• California Construction and Industrial Materials Association
• California Precast Concrete Assn
• CalStar Cement
• Colorado Ready Mixed Concrete Association
• Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota
• Don Chapin Company
• Diversified Materials Inc
• Florida Coordinating Group
• Freight Pipeline Company
• Gypsum Association
• Headwaters Resources
  
• Intermountain Power
  
• Iowa Concrete Paving Association
• Iowa Ready Mixed Concrete Association
• Lafarge
• Lattimore Materials Company
• Michigan Concrete Association
• Michigan Manufacturing Association and the Michigan Chamber of Commerce Joint Letter
• Midwest Coal Ash Association
• Mississippi Concrete Industries Association
• National Association of Manufacturers
• National Gypsum Letter to EPA
• National Gypsum Letter to OMB
• National Ready Mixed Concrete Company
• National Ready-Mix Concrete Association
• Norfolk Southern Railroad
• Oregon Concrete & Aggregate Producers Association
• PABCO
• Paramount Ready Mix
• Pink Hill Acres Landfill
• Portland Cement Association & American Concrete Pavement Association Letter to DOT
• Schmitz Ready Mix
• Southern Company
• Syar Concrete LLC
• TECO
• Temple-Inland
• Texas Coal Ash Utilization Group
• UNSR Microsphere
• US Gypsum
• USC Technologies
• USWAG Letter to EPA | EPA Response to USWAG
• Washington Aggregate and Concrete Association
• West Virginia Builders Supply Association
• Wille Brothers

News Releases/Letters to Media

• New York Times Editorial (January 19, 2010)
• Letter from Colorado Springs Mayor Rivera to NYT
  
• Headwaters Letter to NYT

Small Business Advocacy Review Request Letters

• APPA & NRECA
• ACAA
• NAM
• Full Circle Solutions