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"Details Emerge on EPA Plans for Alabama's Toxic Coal Ash Ponds" [1]

"Coal ash, a byproduct of coal-fired power plants, which the federal government is about to start regulating, is sloshing and settling in 10 ponds around Alabama that eventually could store more than 81 million cubic yards of the toxic stuff. "

Mary Orndorff reports for the Birmingham News May 16, 2010. [2]

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Source: Birmingham News [2], 05/17/2010
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