EPA rates 44 coal ash storage sites as ‘high hazard potential’
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.