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Folks nationwide feel the Trump administration’s EPA is abandoning its responsibility to protect communities, and they are speaking out.

Gavin Kearney, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “Companies were free to store coal ash anywhere they wanted to, and oftentimes that just meant digging a hole in the ground and dumping it in.”

The rule comes just days before a deadline for owners to report on previously unregulated coal ash dumping at power plant sites

Lisa Evans, Senior Counsel, Clean Energy Program: “EPA never reviewed these demonstrations. If they did, I am confident that they would likely find that each of the plants are ineligible for an extension.”

Mychal Ozaeta, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “These 13 are the most dangerous coal ash ponds in the U.S. because they’re leaking. They’ve been doing so for decades.”

Massive quantities of coal ash are stored at 26 power plant sites in Illinois.

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at six power plant sites in Wyoming.

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at four coal-fired power plant sites in Louisiana.

Substantial quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at three power plant sites in South Dakota.

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at six power plant sites in Oklahoma.

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at four power plant sites in Mississippi.

Earthjustice analyzed industry data to explain, state by state, how and where coal ash is disposed and which dump sites are not yet monitored or regulated.

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at four power plant sites in Nevada.

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at seven power plant sites in Nebraska.

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at eight coal-fired power plant sites in Kansas.

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at five power plant sites in Arkansas.

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at 21 coal-fired power plant sites in Missouri.

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at 12 coal-fired power plant sites in Minnesota.