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On July 22, 2025, EPA published a direct final CCR rule and companion proposal creating an additional option for certain owners and operators to comply with the Facility Evaluation Report (FER) Part 1 requirements and to extend compliance deadlines for the remaining CCRMU provisions.
With this rule, EPA would allow the two parts of the FER to be prepared concurrently so long as both reports are submitted no later than February 8, 2027. Additionally, EPA would extend the deadline for owners or operators of CCRMU to comply with the groundwater monitoring provisions by 15 months, to no later than August 8, 2029. Since the FER and groundwater monitoring requirements serve as prerequisites for other CCRMU requirements, with this rule, EPA would also make conforming changes to the remaining CCRMU compliance deadlines.
EPA proposed these same changes and is soliciting comment on another alternative in the companion proposal. The comment period closed on August 21, 2025. On September 2, 2025 the Agency announced the reopening of the comment period until September 15, 2025.
Read the full details on the agency’s website: https://www.epa.gov/coal-combustion-residuals/final-rule-legacy-coal-combustion-residuals-surface-impoundments-and-ccr#hearing