North Carolina regulators have cited five more Duke Energy power
plants for lacking required storm water permits after a massive spill
at one of the company's coal ash dumps coated 70 miles of the Dan River
in toxic sludge..The state Department of Environment and Natural
Resources announced Monday that Charlotte-based Duke Energy had been
issued formal notices of violation for not having the needed permits,
which are required to legally discharge rainwater draining from its
plants into public waterways.
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Two other violations were issued
Friday against the Dan River Steam Station in Eden, site of the Feb. 2
spill. The company could face hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines
for the violations.
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