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North Carolina pulls deal with Duke on coal ash pollution

North Carolina regulators said Friday that they have asked a judge to withdraw a proposed settlement that would have allowed Duke Energy to resolve environmental violations by paying a $99,000 fine with no requirement that the $50 billion company clean up its pollution. The consent order that the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources scuttled was meant to settle violations for ...

Mar. 22, 2014

By Associated Press

North Carolina regulators shielded Duke`s coal ash pollution

Over the last year, environmental groups have tried three times to use the federal Clean Water Act to force Duke Energy to clear out leaky coal ash dumps like the one that ruptured last week, spewing enough toxic sludge into a North Carolina river to fill 73 Olympic-sized pools. Each time, they say, their efforts have been stymied - by the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural ...

Feb. 9, 2014

By Associated Press

Duke Energy CEO loses $600K in pay over coal ash pollution

Duke Energy Corp. CEO Lynn Good saw her pay docked about $600,000 in the aftermath of last year's massive spill of collected coal ash that coated 70 miles of a North Carolina river in sludge containing toxic heavy metals. A portion of Good's $8.3 million compensation was reduced 35 percent in 2014 compensation, according to a proxy statement released this week ahead of the company's annual ...

Mar. 28, 2015

By Associated Press

Duke Energy fined $25 million over coal ash pollution

North Carolina environmental officials said Tuesday that they are fining Duke Energy $25 million over pollution that has been seeping into groundwater for years from a pair of coal ash pits at a retired power plant. The state Department of Environment and Natural Resources called it the state's largest penalty for environmental damages. It issued the fine over ongoing contamination at the L.V. ...

Mar. 10, 2015

By Associated Press

Judge hits state agency over Duke Energy coal ash pollution

North Carolina's environmental watchdog agency has not been trying very hard to force Duke Energy to clean up toxic groundwater pollution near a coal-burning power plant where neighbors can't drink their well water, a federal judge said. U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs' comments came in a decision late Tuesday rejecting bids by the country's largest electricity company to dismiss or postpone ...

Oct. 21, 2015

By Associated Press

Duke Energy Spending Billions of Dollars to Address Coal Ash Pollution in North Carolina

A press release issued by the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) on April 1, 2019 (https://deq.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2019/04/01/deq-orders-duke-energy-excavate-coal-ash-six-remaining-sites), stated that “DEQ ordered Duke Energy Progress, LLC to excavate all remaining coal ash impoundments in North Carolina. After conducting a rigorous scientific review of ...

Apr. 30, 2019

By OSE Training Group, LLC

Tweak to North Carolina law protected Duke`s coal ash pits

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. So last summer, Duke Energy turned to North Carolina lawmakers for help. ...

Mar. 17, 2014

By Associated Press

Coal Ash and Protecting Communities and the Environment from Potential Exposure Hazards

Earlier this year a report published by the Environmental Integrity Project, with help from Earthjustice, examined monitoring data from U.S. coal-fired power plants to assess potential groundwater pollution from coal ash. In the report, the organizations found that 91% of the 265 power plants with monitoring data of nearby groundwater found contamination from one or more pollutants found in coal ...

Aug. 5, 2019

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

Groups Applaud EPA Action to Reduce Water Pollution From Power Plants

Strong Rules Could Keep Millions of Pounds of Toxic Metals Out of Waterways WASHINGTON - In response to action by leading U.S. environmental groups, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking action to keep pollution from coal plant smokestacks out of America's waterways. EPA will issue these new rules, which would protect Americans from millions of pounds of heavy metals and ...

Nov. 9, 2010

By Defenders of Wildlife

Largest Coal Ash Dump Site In U.S. to Be Target of Suit Charging Extensive Violations of Federal, State Pollution Laws

The largest coal-ash pond in the United States – the 1,700-acre Little Blue Run impoundment site in Pennsylvania and West Virginia for FirstEnergy's Bruce Mansfield Plant – is the focus of litigation to be filed by Little Blue Regional Action Group, formerly known as Citizens Against Coal Ash, along with attorneys from Environmental Integrity Project and Public Justice. According to ...

May 30, 2012

By Environmental Integrity Project

Duke: Moving coal ash from water would cost up to $10 billion

Duke Energy told North Carolina lawmakers Tuesday that removing all of the company's coal ash away from the state's rivers and lakes would take decades and cost up to $10 billion, with its electricity customers likely footing nearly all the bill. In a presentation to a state legislative committee, Duke's North Carolina president Paul Newton suggested the company needs flexibility to consider ...

Apr. 22, 2014

By Associated Press

S.S. Badger Coal Ash Discharge to Lake Michigan to Cease by End of 2014 Sailing Season

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the lodging of a proposed consent decree that requires Lake Michigan Carferry Service, Inc. (LMC) of Ludington, Michigan, to eliminate the discharge of coal ash into Lake Michigan by the end of the 2014 sailing season. In 2013 and 2014, the ferry will reduce its discharge of coal ash and LMC will pay a $25,000 civil penalty for violating ...

Mar. 22, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

North Carolina dumps coal ash deal with Duke

North Carolina's environmental agency sought late Monday to delay its own settlement with Duke Energy a week after a busted pipe at one of the company's coal ash dumps spewed enough toxic sludge into the Dan River to fill 73 Olympic-sized pools. Lawyers for the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources asked a judge to disregard their proposed settlement with the nation's largest ...

Feb. 10, 2014

By Associated Press

Regulator fines Duke Energy nearly $7M for coal ash spill

The country's largest electric company is being fined $6.6 million for environmental pollution related to a big spill of liquefied coal ash in 2014, North Carolina environmental regulators said Tuesday. The fine covers violations that Duke Energy admitted when it pleaded guilty to federal pollution crimes nine months ago and agreed to pay $102 million in fines and restitution, the state ...

Feb. 10, 2016

By Associated Press

EPA Proposes to Reduce Toxic Pollutants Discharged into Waterways by Power Plants

In accordance with a consent decree and in line with requirements under the Clean Water Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today will propose a range of options to help reduce dangerous pollutants, including mercury, arsenic, lead, and selenium that are released into America’s waterways by coal ash, air pollution control waste and other waste from steam electric power ...

Apr. 19, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

ICAC Releases Updated Regulatory Tracker, Spring 2020

ICAC has developed the Spring 2020 Regulatory Tracker: an up-to-date list of key EPA regulations that have had recent activity. Additionally, the tracker highlights opportunities for engagement and, when applicable, instances where ICAC has submitted comments, technical briefings or presentations. View the Regulatory Tracker Regulations Included in Spring 2020 Regulatory Tracker: Coal Ash ...

Apr. 15, 2020

By Institute of Clean Air Companies (ICAC)

Power industry to spend more than $22 billion for water flow and treatment next year

The power industry will spend over $22.8 billion in 2014 for equipment and chemicals to transport, treat and control water and wastewater. This is the conclusion reached by McIlvaine through aggregating forecasts in nine of its market reports. (www.mcilvainecompany.com) These expenditures will be generated by coal, nuclear, gas and hydro plant operators. The biggest expenditures will be made by ...

Apr. 24, 2013

By The McIlvaine Company

Report: 20 Additional Toxic Coal Ash Contamination Sites Found in 10 States

As Congress Considers "Deregulating" Toxic Coal Ash, Citizens Plea for Federal Enforcement of Standards to Protect Their Drinking Water; EIP Report Details How Arsenic & Other Dangerous Pollutants Contaminated Groundwater and Soil at Newly Identified Sites in FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KY, NV, SC, TN and TX. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A total of 20 additional coal ash ...

Dec. 13, 2011

By Environmental Integrity Project

Duke Energy reaches $7 million deal with NC on coal ash

Duke Energy agreed Tuesday to pay North Carolina regulators $7 million to settle allegations of groundwater pollution at its coal ash pits and to perform accelerated cleanups costing millions of dollars at four sites. The agreement came as lawyers for the country's largest electric company and the state were preparing courtroom arguments regarding a $25 million fine over groundwater pollution at ...

Sep. 29, 2015

By Associated Press

US charges Duke with illegal pollution from 5 coal ash dumps

Federal prosecutors filed multiple criminal charges against Duke Energy on Friday over years of illegal pollution leaking from coal ash dumps at five North Carolina power plants. The three U.S. Attorney's Offices covering the state charged Duke with nine misdemeanor counts involving violations of the Clean Water Act. The prosecutors say the nation's largest electricity company engaged in ...

Feb. 23, 2015

By Associated Press

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