A bill banning future dumping of coal fly ash was pushed back to Oct. 1 to address several concerns of current contamination and where thousands of tons of ash will go if the bill is passed.

The council voted, 6-1, Monday to tack on an amendment to make depositing fly ash in the county illegal for one year instead of an absolute ban proposed by County Executive John R. Leopold.

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