Duke continues closing ash basins while reviewing state’s latest action
Duke Energy issued a statement in response to 12 Notices of Violation issued by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) related to seeps at coal ash basins.
According to the company, the best way to reduce or eliminate seeps altogether is to safely remove the water from ash basins and close them in ways that protect people and the environment and that is what Duke Energy is doing right now.
Duke indicated there is nothing new here. Even the state environmental regulator acknowledges that seeps occur at every earthen impoundment, and those at ash basins are not impacting water quality.
Duke is doing everything the state has asked to address seeps, including cataloguing, testing and monitoring them. Nearly two years ago, the company included seeps in permit applications to the state and has been working through the process ever since.
In 2010, Duke Energy talked with NC DEQ about permitting seeps. At that time, the agency chose not to pursue that, believing seeps to be inconsequential.
Closing ash basins in ways that protect people and the environment
Read the article online at: https://www.worldcoal.com/power/07032016/duke-continues-closing-ash-basins-while-reviewing-states-latest-action-344/
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