Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.

Fourty-four coal ash storage sites near communities in 10 different states have been targeted for inspection because they pose a “high hazard potential … (of) probable loss of human life if there is a significant dam failure,”  according to Matt Hale, director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) office of research, conservation and recovery. Hale added that the high hazard rating is more a measure of what would happen if the dam failed rather than a measure of the stability of the dams.

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