TAKE ACTION! TELL THE EPA WE NEED OPTION C: The EPA is accepting public comments RIGHT NOW on this critical issue. Your voice is crucial to getting a rule that finally protects our health and environment from the toxic waste of coal ash. Here’s how to comment.

1. Send an email to rcra-docket@epa.gov with the subject line "EPA-HQ-RCRA-2009-0640." This is the docket number for the coal ash rule. A sample comment is below, but we strongly encourage you to personalize it with your own story.

2. You can also comment online at http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#submitComment?R=0900006480b06eac

Sample comment:

Dear Administrator Jackson, Thank you for taking action on toxic coal ash! I support Option C, because it  would finally establish federal standards to protect our environment and our health from coal ash but I strongly urge that the EPA rule that companies cease using coal ash until a government study has proven that its uses are not harmful to public health and safety in immediate or long term use.  This option is far better than Option D, which would allow states to continue their lax oversight of coal ash disposal. For too long, unmonitored and unlined disposal sites have poisoned our water, our air, and our bodies. Coal ash is hazardous, there is no way around it. It contains toxic heavy metals like mercury, lead, arsenic and others that cause a whole host of health problems. It’s time to regulate coal ash as the hazardous waste it is. This is why we need option C. I urge you to stand up to the special interests of the coal and utility industries and protect our health and our environment.  Thank you for your time.  Sincerely, (your name here)