Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; CCR Management Unit Deadline Extension Rule

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is taking direct final action to establish an additional option for owners or operators of active coal combustion residuals (CCR) facilities or inactive CCR facilities with a legacy CCR surface impoundment to comply with the facility evaluation report (FER) Part 1 requirements and to extend compliance deadlines for the remaining CCRMU provisions published in the Federal Register on May 8, 2024. The May 8, 2024 rule (Legacy Final Rule) established regulatory requirements for legacy CCR surface impoundments and CCR management units (CCRMU) under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).