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ARA Sent a Letter to EPA on CCR Regulations Impacting Gypsum

Oct 11 2019

ARA sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler regarding the agency's proposed changes to the Coal Combustion Residual regulations that could cause unfair financial hardship on agricultural retailers and others in the industry.

ARA is concerned that these revisions could also impact the availability of gypsum used as an important fertilizer product; therefore, ARA is requesting gypsum be excluded from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and these proposed regulations when being used as a soil additive. 

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