Thursday, February 17, 2011

Moratorium on Landfill Proposed

Renee Dudley

Rep. Chip Limehouse, R-Charleston, proposed a moratorium on coal-ash landfill permits in the ACE Basin -- an area that includes the Ashepoo, Combahee and Edisto rivers -- for the fiscal year that begins in July. Coal ash is the potentially toxic by-product of coal-burning plants.

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