Chapter Three Government Agencies Responsible for Handling Coal Ash Coal ash is either recycled into other materials (comprehensive utilization) or disposed of in a coal ash impoundment. The two government agencies that are most closely connected with coal ash management are the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP). The NDRC is responsible for managing coal ash utilization while the MEP is concerned with preventing coal ash from polluting the environment.
July 2010. Hongqiaopu dry ash disposal site of the Xuanwei Power Plant, Yunnan province. Š Simon Lim/Greenpeace
