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Dan River coal ash spill photos

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Coal ash flows into the Dan River in Eden from a Duke Energy coal ash pond. A stormwater pipe broke underneath the unlined pond, allowing the coal ash to flow into the river, which is a source of water for the city of Danville, Va.

EPA Addresses Citizen Concerns

Media and concerned citizens listen to EPA representatives give an update Tuesday on the Feb. 2 coal ash spill at a shuttered Duke Energy plant in Eden.

STEVEN MANILLA/Danville Register & Bee

EPA Addresses Citizen Concerns

Myles Bartos, the EPA on-scene coordinator, gives an update Tuesday on the Feb. 2 coal ash spill at a shuttered Duke Energy plant in Eden and answers community members’ concerns.

STEVEN MANTILLA/Danville Register & Bee

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Workers at the site of a broken pipe that led to a coal ash spill from Duke Energy facility along the Dan River in Eden on Thursday.

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Duke Energy President Paul Newton (center) escorted N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory to the scene of a coal ash spill from a Duke Energy facility along the Dan River in Eden on Thursday.

H. SCOTT HOFFMANN / News & Record

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NC Governor Pat McCrory discusses coal ash spill from Duke Energy facility along the Dan River in Eden, on Feb. 6, 2014. (H. SCOTT HOFFMANN / News & Record)

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Workers at the site of a broken pipe that led to a coal ash spill from Duke Energy facility along the Dan River in Eden on Feb. 6.

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N.C. Governor Pat McCrory discusses the coal ash spill from a Duke Energy facility along the Dan River in Eden.

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Duke Energy spokesperson Paige Sheehan explains how a coal ash spill happened at a Duke Energy facility along the Dan River in Eden, NC on Feb. 6, 2014. (H. SCOTT HOFFMANN / News & Record)

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File. The Dan River shows a gray color as it flows over the Union Street dam in Danville, Va. on Wednesday.

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The Dan River as it flows under the Union Street bridge in Danville, Va. on Wednesday.

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Biologists with the Va. Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Department of the Interior travel up the Dan River from the Abreu-Grogan Park landing in Danville, Va. on Wednesday. They will gather water and river bottom sediment samples from the coal ash spill at the Dan River Steam Station operated by Duke Energy upriver in Eden, N.C.

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Barry Dunklley of the Danville, Va., Utilities Department, explains Wednesday how two 24-inch pipes draw raw water from the Dan River into a treatment plant for the city's water supply. Water is being tested for any effects from the coal ash spill at the Dan River Steam Station operated by Duke Energy upriver in Eden.

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The Dan River is ashen colored as it flows over the Union Street dam in Danville, Va. on Wednesday.

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The Dan River flows over the Union Street dam on Wednesday in Danville, Va.

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Fresh water from a small stream meets the gray ashen water from the Dan River as it flows along the shoreline on Wednesday in Danville, Va.

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Fresh water from a small stream mixes with gray water from the Dan River as it flows along the shoreline in Danville, Va., on Wednesday.

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Corey Watkins runs across the Richmond & Danville Railroad bridge crossing over the Dan River in Danville, Va., on Wednesday. Watkins is training for the Galileo High School cross country team.

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Daniel Michaelson, biologist with Va. Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, launches a boat into the Dan River in Danville, Va., on Wednesday. 

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Daniel Michaelson (center) Va. Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, launches a boat into the Dan River at the Abreu-Grogan Park landing on Wednesday in Danville, Va. He is U.S. government biologists Brett Hillman (left) and Craig Gigglemann (right) out to gather water and river bottom sediment samples.

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Biologists travel up the Dan River from the Abreu-Grogan Park landing in Danville, Va., on Wednesday. 

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Biologist Daniel Michaelson of the Va. Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, guides a boat into the Dan River at the Abreu-Grogan Park landing in Danville, Va., on Wednesday. Authorities are taking sediment and water samples after coal ash spilled into the river at the Dan River Steam Station operated by Duke Energy in Eden, N.C. 

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The water of the Dan River is ashen colored in Danville, Va., on Wednesday. 

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The ash-colored water of the Dan River in Danville, Va., on Wednesday.

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Biologists with the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Va. Department of Game and Inland Fisheries head upriver from Schoolfield boat landing at a dam on Wednesday. They will be gathering water and river bottom sentiment from the coal ash spill at the Dan River Steam Station operated by Duke Energy. 

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The disturbance to the ash basin, caused by a broken storm pipe that runs underneath, at the Duke Energy Dan River Steam Station, on Tuesday in Eden, N.C.

JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ/News & Record

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The disturbance to the ash basin, caused by a broken storm pipe that runs underneath, at the Duke Energy Dan River Steam Station in Eden, N.C.

JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ/News & Record

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The disturbance to the ash basin, caused by a broken storm pipe that runs underneath, at the Duke Energy Dan River Steam Station, on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, in Eden, N.C.

JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ/News & Record

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Looking from atop the berm that surrounds the basin (left), with the Duke Energy Dan River Steam Station (right) in Eden, N.C.

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The disturbance to the ash basin, caused by a broken storm pipe that runs underneath, at the Duke Energy Dan River Steam Station in Eden, N.C.

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Crews made this patch to the berm that surrounds the ash basin after erosion developed when a broken storm pipe drained the basin, at the Duke Energy Dan River Steam Station in Eden, N.C.

JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ/News & Record

Coal ash spill pipeline at Dan River

Coal ash flows from this stormwater pipe into the Dan River in Eden on Tuesday.

Courtesy of Catawba Riverkeeper

Aerial view of Dan River coal ash spill

An aerial view of the Dan River coal ash spill.

Courtesy of Catawba Riverkeeper

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Matt Wasson, with Appalachian Voices, talks about the impact to the Dan River while standing at Draper Landing, downstream of the ash basin leak at the Duke Energy Dan River Steam Station, on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, in Eden, N.C.

JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ/News & Record

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Showing river bottom before (right) and after leak, Matt Wasson, with Appalachian Voices, talks about the impact to the Dan River while standing at Draper Landing, downstream of the ash basin leak at the Duke Energy Dan River Steam Station, on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, in Eden, N.C.

JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ/News & Record

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Reenforcing and patching the berm, foreground, to the ash basin at the Duke Energy Dan River Steam Station, on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, in Eden, N.C.

JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ/News & Record

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The water and ash that leaked from the basin caused erosion to the berm that surrounds the basin at the Duke Energy Dan River Steam Station, on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, in Eden, N.C.

JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ/News & Record

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The disturbance to the ash basin, seen behind Duke employees, caused by a broken storm pipe that runs underneath the basin at the Duke Energy Dan River Steam Station, on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, in Eden, N.C.

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Corey Watkins runs across the Richmond & Danville Railroad bridge crossing over the Dan River in Danville, Va., on Wednesday. Watkins is training for the Galileo High School cross country team. Danville residents went about their business Wednesday, despite the coal ash spill on the river upstream.

LYNN HEY/News & Record

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Showing river bottom before (right) and after leak, Matt Wasson of Appalachian Voices talks about the impact to the Dan River while standing at Draper Landing, downstream of the ash basin leak at the Duke Energy Dan River Steam Station in Eden on Tuesday.

JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ/News & Record

Pipe break not first incident at Duke’s coal-fired plants

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(File) McCrory in Eden. Feb. 6, 2014.

H. SCOTT HOFFMANN / News & Recor

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Workers at the site of a broken pipe that led to a coal ash spill Feb. 2, 2014, from Duke Energy facility along the Dan River in Eden. Photo taken Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014.

H. SCOTT HOFFMANN / News & Recor

Coal ash spill: Dan River impact

Shortly after the Feb. 2 coal ash leak into the Dan River, Matt Wasson of Appalachian Voices shows what the river bottom looked like before (right) and after the spill.

JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ/News & Record

Dan River group wants in on lawsuit against Duke Energy

The Dan River Basin Association joined with three other conservation groups Thursday to intervene in a lawsuit state officials have filed against Duke Energy to stop pollution from the power company’s coal ash ponds.

DRBA, Roanoke River Basin Association, Waterkeeper Alliance and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy want a state judge to admit them so they can push for a full cleanup of the Feb. 2 spill at Duke Energy’s retired Dan River Steam Station in Eden. The spill sent huge amounts of toxic coal ash and polluted wastewater into the Dan River.

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Coal Ash earthen crack Moncure

This crack is in an earthen dike holding back millions of gallons of coal ash and contaminated water at Duke Energy’s Cape Fear Plant in Moncure, N.C. 

Courtesy of N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources

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N.C. Governor Pat McCrory.

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N.C. Governor Pat McCrory

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Duke Energy President Paul Newton (center) escorted N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory to the scene of a coal ash spill from a Duke Energy facility along the Dan River in Eden on Feb. 6.

H. SCOTT HOFFMANN / News & Record

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The disturbance to the ash basin, seen behind Duke employees, caused by a broken storm pipe that runs underneath the basin at the Duke Energy Dan River Steam Station, on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, in Eden, N.C.

JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ/News & Record

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The water and ash that leaked from the basin caused erosion to the berm that surrounds the basin at the Duke Energy Dan River Steam Station, on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, in Eden, N.C.

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Continuing coverage of the Feb. 2 spill of coal ash from a Duke Power steam station into the Dan River.

Danville residents take coal ash spill in stride

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Pipe break not first incident at Duke’s coal-fired plants

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Duke Energy did not know how much coal sludge its dormant power plant in Eden had spewed into the Dan River or for how long it had been leakin…

Dan River water safe after spill, Duke University researcher says

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How Duke Energy detected the Dan River coal ash spill (video)

Meanwhile, results for for arsenic in the Dan River conflict and protesters rally outside the utility's Charlotte headquarters.

Gov. Pat McCrory praises efforts on coal ash spill (video)

"We appreciate the cooperation from Duke," McCrory said Thursday. 

State: River's water quality meets standard; deposits a concern

Environmentalists say their tests show toxic levels of contaminants after the coal ash spill in the Dan River.

Public notice on coal ash spill took too long, activists say

“We are still wondering: Were there people out fishing the Dan River that day?," says Peter Walz of the North Carolina Conservation Network.

Duke Energy promises to fix Dan River after coal ash leak

North Carolina's division of water quality advises residents to limit contact with the river as a precaution.

N.C. seeks delay in Duke Energy settlement after Dan River spill

Environmentalists have criticized the arrangement, stating it could allow Duke from more expensive penalties under the federal Clean Water Act.

Residents question officials over coal ash spill

A standing-room only crowd packed the Danville City Council chambers to hear officials address concerns over the Dan River spill.

Update: EPA to investigate group's claim on Dan River pollution

A spokesman for Waterkeeper Alliance reports a pipe on the Dan river that is discharging water across oddly colored "orange-ish red," slimy rocks.

Federal grand jury to hear from state, Duke in coal ash spill

The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Duke Energy have been subpoenaed to testify about the coal ash spill in the Dan River.

Gov. Pat McCrory denies involvement in Duke coal ash deal

The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources backed off a previous settlement after last week's massive coal ash spill into the Dan River.

N.C. demands plan in 10 days to fix 2nd pipe at coal ash spill

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Legislators question Duke, state officials on Dan River spill

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70 miles of coal ash lines bottom of river

A massive pile of coal ash about 75 feet long and as much as 5 feet deep has been detected on the bottom of the Dan River near the site of the Feb. 2 spill.

Arsenic finding spurs order to stop discharge from 2nd pipe

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Gov. Pat McCrory clarifies position on coal ash basins again

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Event set to inform, rally Dan River supporters

Dan River supporters are hosting a combined concert and information session next week on the impact of the recent coal ash spill on the river.

Dan River’s aluminum, iron levels still high; 2nd pipe plugged

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Duke Energy seeks to keep records from regulators, public

Federal investigators are looking at whether the company received preferential treatment from a state environmental agency.

Moral Monday crowd in Eden addresses coal ash

The town hall meeting in Eden draws concerned people from across the state.

Update: Senate committee OKs coal ash bill

Updated 5:21 p.m.

Update: Duke Energy beginning Town Creek cleanup

The coal ash cleanup site is about two miles downstream from the retired Dan River Steam Station in Eden.

Update: Full Senate could consider coal ash pond bill on Tuesday

The bill would close all coal ash ponds by 2029 and require Duke Energy to remove all the toxic coal ash from its retired Dan River Steam Station in Eden by 2019.

Ash spill changes Duke’s attitude

Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good says the Dan River spill had a “very significant impact” on the way the company operates.

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