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Public Not Allowed to Know Location of Hazardous Coal Ash Sites

Under the stacks of TVA's Kingston coal-fired power plant, the ash spill cleanup continues. April 30, 2009. (Photo courtesy TVA)

WASHINGTON, DC - There are 44 coal combustion waste sites nationwide that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified as "high hazard," but the agency cannot make the locations of these hazardous sites public, Senator Barbara Boxer told reporters today. The California senator chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which oversees the federal environmental agency.