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Dan River coal ash spill impact

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

Gov. Pat McCrory retreats, says moving coal ash one option

Gov. Pat McCrory’s comments Monday at N.C. A&T briefly thrilled environmental activists, who spent part of Tuesday thinking he had come around to their viewpoint that Duke Energy must physically move its coal ash away from lakes and rivers.

But they finished the day dejected when it turned out McCrory did not mean exactly what it sounded like he had said.

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Duke Energy CEO: Dan River spill is our liability

On a day when North Carolina officials ordered Duke Energy to immediately stop discharges from a second stormwater pipe, the company’s CEO said the utility takes responsibility for the spill that sent thousands of tons of coal ash into the Dan River.

Chief Executive Officer Lynn Good said during an earnings call with financial analysts that the company is “very focused” on preventing another spill from happening again.

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2nd pipe threatens new Dan River spill, McCrory says

Gov. Pat McCrory said a second pipe at Duke Energy’s closed Dan River Steam Plant threatens to start a whole, new round of leakage from its coal-ash storage ponds.

He said state environmental officials sounded the alarm Friday “based upon an initial study” that showed “there’s still the potential for problems at the Dan River plant unless the problem is resolved very quickly.”

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Legislators want ash ponds removed

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As federal prosecutors launch a criminal investigation into Duke Energy's massive coal ash spill on the Dan River, two North Carolina lawmakers say they will push legislation to force the nation's largest electricity provider to clean out its leaky waste dumps across the state.

State Senate Rules Chairman Tom Apodaca and House Environment Committee Vice-Chairman Chuck McGrady say they will co-sponsor a bill seeking the removal of coal ash dumps like the one that ruptured Feb. 2, spewing toxic sludge into the Dan River and turning the water cloudy and gray for miles.

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Advocates offer $5K reward for coal ash spill information

Environmentalists have put out a $5,000 reward today for information leading to criminal or civil charges in the Dan River coal ash spill.

Advocates with the Waterkeeper Alliance and the Yadkin Riverkeep offered $5,000 to anyone who can provide new evidence about the incident, which spilled about 82,000 tons of coal ash into the Dan River. Waterkeeper is taking tips at reward@waterkeeper.org.

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The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Duke Energy have been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury about the Feb. 2 coal ash spill in the Dan River, according to company and state officials.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina has opened an “official criminal investigation of a suspected felony” in the matter, according to documents released by DENR.

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Duke Energy ready to pump some ash from Dan River

Crews prepared Monday to start pumping a pocket of coal ash out of the Dan River, a week after Duke Energy’s spill there.

Workers over the weekend capped the stormwater pipe that broke Feb. 2, dumping tons of ash into the river. Duke said it’s still not clear why the pipe broke.

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Duke Energy promises to fix Dan River after coal ash leak

Updated 12:49 a.m.

EDEN — Duke Energy crews have plugged the leak that has allowed coal ash to spill into the Dan River for five days, a company official said Friday.

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

GREENSBORO — Twenty-six hours.

That’s how long it took Duke Energy to tell residents that a toxic stream of coal ash was flowing down the Dan River.

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

EDEN — The water in the Dan River does not violate state water quality standards despite a massive coal ash spill Sunday from a Duke Energy containment pond, the state reported Thursday.

But an environmental group conducted its own tests and said that the water contains toxic levels of contaminants.

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Duke Energy's discovery of the Dan River coal ash spill

Protesters rally outside Duke Energy, demand clean up after spill

Danville officials say water meets safety standards

Water treated by Danville Utilities still meets safety standards despite Sunday’s coal ash spill at Duke Energy’s Dan River Steam Station in Eden — and the ongoing leak at the site.

Barry Dunkley, director of water and wastewater treatment for Danville Utilities, said turbidity — the amount of solids present in water samples — has decreased dramatically since Sunday, when levels in incoming water reached 400 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units), to less than 100 NTU Wednesday.

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Experts: Spill could harm Dan River ecosystem

About a dozen types of fish — and the creatures they depend on for food — live in the Dan River, where nearly 85,000 tons of coal ash spilled into the water from a broken pipe Sunday upriver in Eden.

Toxic substances from the coal ash concern Matt Wasson, program director of Appalachian Voices, a nonprofit environmental organization.

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Biologists gather sediment from Dan River

Dan River coal ash spill photos

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 …

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Danville official: Information ‘sketchy’ when spill reported

Updated 12:52 a.m.

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 leaking when company officials started alerting municipalities downstream Sunday night, leaving city officials flatfooted in their efforts to protect drinking water supplies.

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

In August, state environmental officials went to court to make Duke Energy clean up 12 coal-fired power plants.

Five months later, the two parties haven’t agreed on how to do it.

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Interviews on Duke Energy coal ash spill

Impact on wildlife from Eden coal ash spill unknown (video)

EDEN — Duke Energy on Tuesday continued its efforts to stop the spill of coal ash into the Dan River while environmental organizations began collecting data to assess the damage.

The company said a 48-inch stormwater pipe beneath the unlined ash pond from the Dan River Steam Station broke Sunday afternoon. Water and ash from the 27-acre pond drained into the pipe.

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AP Interactive on Coal Ash

Official: No health hazard as of yet from Eden coal ash spill

Updated 9:37 p.m.

EDEN — A break in a stormwater pipe Sunday afternoon beneath an ash basin at the retired Dan River Steam Station caused the release of ash basin water and ash into the Dan River, according to a news release from Duke Energy.

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Previous news on the coal ash spill impact

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

DENR rejects response from Duke on coal ash

A four-page letter detailing Duke Energy’s efforts to deal with coal ash is “inadequate,” the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources said Thursday.

Duke Energy CEO Lynn J. Good issued the letter Wednesday in response to a request from the DENR for information about the company’s coal ash sites. It was addressed to Gov. Pat McCrory and DENR Secretary John Skvarla.

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Regulators lacked resources

When federal investigators review years of reports they have subpoenaed from the N.C. Utilities Commission, they’ll likely be struck by the many times Duke Energy and state officials missed opportunities to prevent the recent Dan River coal ash spill.

Interviews with several people involved in the commission’s review process suggest that North Carolina officials relied for nearly 35 years on a flawed system to study, track and correct problems with coal ash ponds at the power plant in Eden and 13 other sites across the state.

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Video: Tweak to N.C law protected Duke Energy's coal ash pits

CHARLOTTE — Duke Energy was in a bind.

North Carolina regulators had for years allowed the nation's largest power company to pollute the ground near its plants without penalty. But in early 2013, a coalition of environmental groups sued to force Duke to clean up nearly three dozen leaky coal ash dumps spread across the state.

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EDEN — There will be discussions about the coal ash spill into the Dan River and coal ash ponds — but two weeks later than expected.

Winter weather — and the safety of those planning to attend — forced organizers to postpone the Moral Monday Town Hall event that was to occur Monday night until March 31.

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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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Dan River's health looking better for farmers

Farmers who raise crops and cattle along the Dan River may soon get the news they’ve been wanting: Researchers are close to saying the polluted river is safe again for agriculture.

A group of N.C. State soil scientists met with Duke Energy water quality executives Friday on a conference call to discuss the latest water-quality samples. They agree that recent water measurements from the company and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency look promising.

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Duke responds to state's rejection of groundwater assessment plans

Updated 3:16 p.m.

A Duke Energy spokeswoman says the company will incorporate North Carolina environmental officials' feedback in reworking plans to assess groundwater at 14 coal ash plants across the state.

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EPA rules coal ash not hazardous waste; imposes tighter controls

Federal environmental regulators on Friday decided not to label coal ash a hazardous waste, but did impose tighter controls on its handling, its disposal and in situations where it already threatens ground water.

The ruling establishes the first federal regulations on coal ash and its storage ponds. But the new mandate leaves states to shoulder the burden of administering their own regulations and supervising standards at least as stringent as the new federal rules.

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State coal ash commission hires first staff members

The Coal Ash Management Commission has hired two support staff members, according to a N.C. Department of Public Safety news release.

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Groups cited the Dan River spill in meetings Monday with federal officials

Eden-based Dan River Basin Association sent a staff member to Washington on Monday to push for tighter regulations on the handling and disposal of coal ash.

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N.C. committee looks into beneficial uses of coal ash

With 108 million tons of coal ash stored in dumps across the state, a North Carolina environmental committee is looking at ways the waste can be safely recycled instead of buried in new landfills.

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