5. Written Comments Received - Buck

Anne Wylie Safrit
Box 340
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Pfafftown, N.C. 27040
March 21, 2016
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N.C. Division of Water Resources
Groundwater Protection Section, N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
Attn: Debra Watts, Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1611
Ms. Watts:
RECEIVED/NCDEQ/DWR
MAR 3 0 2016
Water Quality
Regional Operations Section
After attending several update meetings on the coat ash problems existing in my state, I felt obligated to express my
deep concern for my fellow citizens most affected by these problems. The data presented by independent researchers
about water quality in the affected sites shows great disparity with the data on record from the Duke Power studies.
While the independent study was conducted by an impartial non -biased group, the Duke Power study was conducted by
a group hired and paid for by Duke Power. This is not at all a best research practice for conducting a study.
The highly respected hydrologists who conducted the independent research study showed that when nearby wells
pumped water, the contaminated ground water from the leaking ash pits flowed into the wells not away from them!
Hexavalent chromium, vanadium and other toxic pollutants from the coal ash was found in the independent study to be
at very unsafe levels for human consumption. Even with such evidence contradicting their study, Duke Power sent
residents letters saying the water was now "safe to drink". Some residents at the meeting said that the Duke Power
research was conducted in wells at inadequate depths to measure accurately the water. Some reported being skipped
by the Duke Power researchers altogether. Again I would point out this is not a study collected in an unbiased scientific
method. This serves as proof of a flawed study conducted by Duke Power to attempt to manipulate the data in the
matter of their coal ash pits.
The coal ash pits at the Buck Station should be designated HIGH RISK and should be away from water sources, wells and
river to safe completely contained holding containers. Capping these leaking toxic pits is not an option as this does not
correct the problems and exposes people to toxic dangerous pollutants with resulting potential devastating health
outcomes.
Duke Power should be a good neighbor to the people. They should do the right thing, deem Buck and all the other coal
ash pits they created as environmental hazards of HIGH RISK to the people of North Carolina.
Thank you for your service, a','— %90"�

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
and around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
Z p (4 ,A lA V-obcr-,so n , am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While
there are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued
exposure of the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil
contamination to significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants,
property value with secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am
asking that you please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE
BUCK STEAM PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and
consideration.
Sincerely,
RECEIVE.DINCDEUWR
APR 2 0 2016
Wp.ter Quality Regional
p, rations Section

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
and around the //buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
J U ( (ayi VI 000-1 , am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While
there are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued
exposure of the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil
contamination to significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants,
property value with secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, 1 am
asking that you please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE
BUCK STEAM PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and
consideration.
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To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
�ndarroound the buck team plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
m asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COA ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While
there are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued
exposure of the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil
contamination to significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants,
property value with secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am
asking that you please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE
BUCK STEAM PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and
consideration.
Sincerely,
RECEIVEDUDEMINR
APR 2 0 2016
Water Quality Regional
Operations Section

Coal Ash Public Comment Examples
Email to : Buckcomments(ccBncdenr gov
Mailing Address:
N.C. Division of Water Resources,
RECEIVEDUDEGAVR
APR 2 0 2016
Water Quality Regional
Operations Section
Groundwater Protection Section, N.C. Department of Environmental Quality,
Attn: Debra Watts, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611
Dear NC DEQ,
I'm writing to urge you to rank Buck power plant as high priority and require Duke Energy to
remove all of the coal ash at the site to safer storage.
Duke Energy's leaking coal ash pits at Buck continue to threaten groundwater. State health
officials have advised the Dukeville community, near the Buck coal ash facility, not to drink their
well water because of harmful pollutants like vanadium and hexavalent chromium. No family
should have to question the safety of their water. Not only do many residents living near or
downstream from these toxic pits have to rely on bottled water, but the value of their homes has
also dropped.
Please protect North Carolinians and our drinking water by ranking Buck as high priority and
moving all of its toxic coal ash to dry, lined storage away from our waterways. Do not allow
capping in place for this dangerous coal ash site.
Thank you,
Dear NC DEQ,
NC DEQ should rank Buck as high priority and make Duke Energy move all of the coal
ash at this site to safer dry, lined storage away from waterways. Capped storage is not
acceptable and will not protect families from coal ash contamination.
The same problems that caused the Dan River coal ash spill — cracked, leaking, and
failing metal stormwater pipes — are happening at Buck as well. For years, Duke Energy
reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its coal ash
ponds at Buck. A spill here would be devastating to the surrounding community. Even without a
dam break, seeps and illegal discharges at the coal ash pits continue to pollute the Yadkin
River.
Please protect the community and drinking water by ranking Buck as high priority.
Thank you, S()� /���//
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February 23, 2016
TO: N. C. DEO, Division Water Resources
Groundwater Protection
FROM: Beulah Shaw
330 Leonard Road
Salisbury, N. C. 28146
SUBJECT: Buck Steam Plant Coal Ash Ponds
My name is Beulah Shaw. I live at 330 Leonard Road, Salisbury, N. C. 28146. My property Is next to one of Buck
Steam Stations coal ash ponds. The ash ponds were downgraded to low priority from high risk or intermediate risk
at the end of 2015. Nothing has been done to the ash ponds that would lower the risk so why was it downgraded
to low?
We have been getting bottled drinking water for some time now because we were told by letter not to drink the
well water because it failed to meet the state standards for safe drinking water. For the safety of the people
affected by this situation we need the ash from these ponds be removed and taken to dry lined storage areas.
Duke Energy is moving ash pond residue to these dry lined storage areas in South Carolina at this time. Why can't
they do the same for North Carolina? Better yet, why can't you make them do it?
Respectfully,
Beulah Shaw
Rr=CEIVED/NCDEO/DWR
MAR 0 2 2016
Wow Quality
Flovionai Operatlons Siftlion

To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcomments@ncdenr y, ov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely, &:—q)
Signature:
Print Name: �� War, M
Address: C.Can cL s
Personal notes:
RECEIVEDINCDE(�IDWR
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operations

To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcomments cCbncdenr gov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely,
Signature:
Print Name: 1 (
Address: �j� 15Ys�r1
Personal notes
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To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcommentsCojncdenr cloy
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely,
Signatur
Print Name:
Address:
Personal notes:
EtECE1VEDINCDE��
APR 18 2016
water Regional
O?e:.airons Section

To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcomments@ncdenr.00v
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely,
Signal e
Print Name: c x\ 't �0 A-�—�c
Address: 1. -0 1_ez�wcz�,1d ledh
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To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, INC 27699-1611, buckcomments@ncdenr.00v
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely,
Signature:
Print Name: jq , ( I 0� e' e-n
Address: 635 pip' �' //ems /�cQ RECEIVEDINCDEQIDWR
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To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcomments(ancderingov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely, RECEIVEDUCIEQI WR
Signature: APR 18 2013
Print Name: (�a i-Nir) 72i'a)m
3Watuaty RegionalAddress:��p� we�VrSf SRi0PQns Section
Personal notes:

To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, [e-mail]
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely,
Signature:' y�� 16 �' RECEjV�p�GDE�
Print Name: APR.R
Address: C�Y�L�r ������ WaterQl8`y01s
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To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, INC 27699-1611, buckcommentsamcdenr oov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, INC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
C�ECEIVEDINCDEQIDW
Sincerely,
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To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcomments().ncdenroov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely,
Signature:
Print Name: SMVX'fck_
Address: aQgo UmNcl
Personal notes: 5� �� ��

To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcomments@ncdenr. ov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and tined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely,
Duren �SSiG
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To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcommentsco)ncdenr.�ov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate. --------r
Sincerely
Signature:
Print Name
Address:
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To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcommentsCaincdenr.aov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely,C
Signature: (`�'ll/7 NEd�N�'pEUDW(�
Print Name: &.4yL-C" TvGlfi RECE
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To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, INC 27699-1611, buckcomments2Dncdenroov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, INC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely, , c
Signature:
Print Name: r) o t
Address:71-1
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To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcomments@ncdenr.00v
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely, C�N�O�,z
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To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, [e-mail]
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely,
Signature:rdPrintName.O(S y0erCq
Address: a�Og W. Innes Stj a�. A, Scd(,-,Lui pNCs6 0a`
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To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcommentsamcdenngov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate. 4.1
Sincerely, / Signature:m7 / 0IJ r�harndsp
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To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcomments(d)-ncdenr gov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely,
Signature:
Print Name:
Address: 6-8)0
Personal note`sS�`�`r� `f' PQR 1 FLe9�o

To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcomments@ncdenr oov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely, vCA\(\ �� 1
Signature:
Print Name: VO-fN corwCY-\
Address:
Personal notes:
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APR 18 2016
Water Quality Regional
Operations Section

To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcommentso-ncdenr.gov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely,
Signature:
Print Name:
Address: RECE[VED/NCDEQ/DWR
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To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcomments@ncdenr gov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely,
Signature: r r
Print Name: J�C Y Fe e Z
Address:
Personal notes:
RECEIVEDINCDEOWR
APR 18 2016
Water Quality Regional
operations section

To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, INC 27699-1611, buckcommentsnncdenr.gov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely,
Signature: ��ajolc y�r/i REC ��"�CDEQIDWR
Print Name: M ir, -67--i 1 jr A/ y APR 18 2019
Address: / ��� ✓V l� �Lj UI �l^ � �('a Water Quality Regional
O e tons Section
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Operations Section

To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcomments(cr-ncdenr aov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely,
CD0 ETw1
Signature:
Print Name: ���� (�O�o 'E 82Q16
Address: O ���y AP Qu ��tJ Se9�o�a�
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To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcommentsQncdenr.00v
Rp.-Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely,
Signature: RECEWEDINCDEC@WR
Print Name: O,Wlt x � � � l l�l( APR 18 2016
Address: I5—S 0 ��5' I^ Acf
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To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcommentsancdenr gov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near.
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sin erely, ;
Signature:
Print Name: N1a�R�fZKaws(c�
Address: 5i S Vii •' �" '"
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APR 18 2016
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To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcomments(cancdenr.00v
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely,
Signature:U�"'
Print Name: ( fin R�13_c�
Address: - Ltj_6 1pze �yr 12�t
�acek..iv.v�lt2 NC-Z1C5�
Personal notes:
RECENEDINCDEOMR
APR 18 2016
Water Quality Regional
Operations Section

To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611, buckcomments(c),ncdenr.gov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be class _as. [}q',IpC� tthhan
Intermediate. tt(( ll:: CCUU INV
APR 18 2016
Sincerely, Water Quality Regional
Signature: OtXwL
Operations Section
Print Name: 5wGh (jam, n_-rt
Address:YJ7Fi cove cfpeK �6Jm Twtia i..Coles'rt?rl
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To: DEQ, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, INC 27699-1611, buckcomments(d)ncdenr.gov
Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classifiad.,s��,Jirw� YbagWR
Intermediate. ttldE UU ttlhllllllll
APR 18 2016
Sincerely,
CAL(
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Signature: vwt OperUt; yeti( n
Print Name: cnc 1 f R f Tr dYt t o
Address: (<«MIhec� SIJCJ�1 yam` ��7�
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April 15, 2016
FM: Linda Leonard Beaver
PO Box 1404
Salisbury, NC
TO: NC Division of Water Resources
Groundwater Protection Services
RECEIVEDUDEWWR
APR 18 2016
Water Quality Regional
Operations section
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Attn: Debra Watts
1636 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1611
Dear NC DEQ:
I am writing to urge you to rank Buck Power Plant as high priority and require Duke
Energy to remove all of the coal ash at the site to a safer storage.
Duke Energy's leaking coal ash pits at Buck continue to threaten groundwater. State
health officials advised the Dukeville community, and areas near the Buck coal ash
facility, not to drink their well water because of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and hexavalent chromium. No family should have to question the safety of their
water. Not only do many residents living near or downstream from these toxic pits
have to rely on bottled water, but the value of their homes has also dropped
precipitously.
Please protect North Carolinians and our drinking water by ranking Buck as high
priority and moving all of its toxic coal ash to dry, lined storage away from our
waterways and adjacent home sites.
DO NOT ALLOW CAPPING IN PLACE FOR THIS DANGEROUS COAL ASH SITE!
PLEASE ALSO INSIST THAT DUKE ENERGY UNDERWRITE THE COST OF RUNNING
COUNTY WATER LINES TO AFFECTED HOMESITES IN THE AREA!
ONLY BY ACCOMPLISHING THESE TWO ACTIONS CAN THERE BE ANY HOPE OF
RESTORATION OF HOME VALUES!!
Since ly,
Linda L. Beaver
Affected Property Owner - Leonard Road

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
around the b ck eam la as well as the adjoining communities, I
�� a am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SONENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
RECEII" ^wrDEQIDWR
APR 0 7 tots
utt.r(z)r, .,,,f'j:y K'-gional

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
V S uck $tgam� plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
`-� , am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, 1 am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
RECE",R.f7r)FDOWR
APR 0 7 2016
Wato r Ouator;
OP;ua,donS Jl:V4Jn

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
and around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
Ir 5 �r" �'. wig am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
xd�
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R�l rj�lf ninnrQ/DWR
ANN 0 7 2016
Water Quat!*v Regional
Opera6or„ ,yeution ,

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
d ground the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
, am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
TEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
1
ECEP," DEQIDWR
APR 0 i 2015
Weter 1u01ty Regiond
C.--I; L clis :section

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
and around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
I' I ej t i i C�1 ty am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
�i�LL1tP��
RECEIVE ^PICDEQIDWR
APR 0 7 2016'
Water Quality Regional
Operations Section

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
and around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
IA - , am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, dayoares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
7-
RECEIVE "IrnEMy
APR 0 7 2016
Water Quality Regional
Operations Section

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in t e water sarnples in
an ound k steam alant, as well as the adjoining communities, I tis,q
am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
EAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
1!-c111,1--,..,,n,
Ar 0 i 2016
Water Quality regional
Operaticr,s Section

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
and round th Huck steW plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
t�A ing that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
RECD117''N 0, DECMWR
APR 0 7 2016
Water Quality Regional
Operations Section

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
an around the-.bick steam [ant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
en fC S , am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
Sf EAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Ai'R 7 2016
:gional

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
and around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL AS AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
jMCEIV ED INC, D ETDWR
APR 07 2016
Water f,)ciality 1,,-- ional
operations S.� 6on

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
and and t e uck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
-7SO3fn asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COALA AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
RECENE"m 7MIDWR
APR ® 7 2016
vv- „rn„ -Ay k-: ,.tonal
;.": Jun

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
an -aground the uck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,--------------------
P%ECE1VE^I4I0pEQq)WR
APR 0 7 2016
Water of ja;ity Regional
oper&'AQil,; 0-ection

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
and around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, 1
- 2M'l , am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
xiQ�J%2G� /4�(�'�---------
RECEA/7^!N'CDEQ/DWR
APO, ® 7 2016
CUV:ty Kegionai
erection

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
and around the buck st am plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
f am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
TEAM CO ASH AN SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
RECEP "'DEQIDWR
APR 0 Z 2016
WaNr OL!9111y Regional
OP4;1 OL wi io .Jvction '

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
and around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
VLa Rce _ , am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
X---- LL ------------------------------------
^°'" h,mE=WR
A?il 0 7 2016
illy Regional
nzi Section

M
To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
andSr�,and the b� k�am pint, as well as the adjoining communities, I
G (J�l/� ( Q , am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
X- -- ------ ------ -
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APR 0 7 2016
Water Quality Regional
Operations Section

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
ar ground tie b ck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
fYt , am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
S AM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
X------- --------- - ------------------- 4
&ECEI E`�,11 EMWR
APR 0 7 2016
Wate,-O,-iality Regional
Opv;� jons Section

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
rid around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
a rt L, -0 (eS am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
t1 .C7?Ft -" . DMIDWR
APR 0 7 2016
Water Quality Regional
OpefaLlUii:i 6ection

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
a d around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
G am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND DIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
RECEi'/7^,NCDEQ/DWR
APR 0 7 2016
Water Qual,4 iaegionai
Operations section

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
and around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, 1
Me4l, 4 , am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
N . ,►,'i�.,liu�-rosA
" T'NEDMCDEQIDWR
APR 072016
VVi . ,�r nuality Regional
r�kutions Section

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
and around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
C;L L`am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
S AM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
X- - -
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RECENEDINCDEQIDWR
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APR 0 7 2016
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Water Quality Regional
m
Operations Section

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
a around �he bulteam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
, am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SE IMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
RECEIVEDINCHOWR
APR 0 7 2016
Water Quality Regional
Operations Section

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
and around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
,!5 fY (r—V 2(Ge , am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
RECEIVEMCDENWR
APR 0 7 2016
Water Quality Regional
Operations Section

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
d aroun the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
r - and am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STiEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
R'-CEIVEDINMEWWR
APR 072016
Wafer Ouality Regional
Operations Section

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
Ad around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
YXLV�nra L.$L, F--( ( iS am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
RECEIVEDINCDEWWR
APR 0 7 2016
Water Quality Regional
Operations Section

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
and around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
C(r&--- S, I� � �e15 , am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
Indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, 1 am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
RECEIVEDINCDEUWR
APR 4 7 2016
Water Quality Regional
Operations Section

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and towns measured in the water samples in
d around th buck steam pla t, as well as the adjoining communities, I
m asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
TEA 194 df AL A D SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
X - - - - -
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RECEIVEDUDEUDWR
APR 0 7 2016
Water Quality Regional
Operations Section

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
a d around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
'tSr&E) , ��k �.� I r S , am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
X �!llhlLCa0.1� L_
APR 07 ��16
Water auatity Regional
Operations Section

To whom it may concern,
I qrndi
t of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in n 0 and the k ste plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
frl,� am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAPA COAL A H AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
APR 0 7 2016
G , •, s::r ksgional

RECEIVED/NCDEQ/DWR �'si
FEB 2 9 Z016
Water Quality
Reglonal Operatlons Sectlon
Buck Public Corns er; , ,m
Sending to: [e-mail]
Sample paragraphs to use as part of a comment letter
write as a member of the Dukeville community. For almost a year nrv:- many of us
have lived off bottle water after having received letters frcnn the state teJ:n
us not to drink from
our wells. We need Buck classified as a high risk site so that ash wil; ce ; tmoved and our
groundwater will be protected.
Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes ro : :rea:~ r,
::, _ Yadkin River
watershed from leaking, unlined coal ash pits at Duke Energy's Buc:,, °:,: •.::;
past time for Duke
Energy to remove its coal ash to safer dry, lined storage here and at al; o.:
the polluting, unlined
coal ash pits near communities and families across No, Carci:'na.
The state cited Duke Energy for broken, failing corrugated rn .tn;: - s r.:'.Vater pipes at
Buck that are cracked and leaking, the same problem that Caused'r.S ,`
.::::.: coal ash spill.
DEQ's draft assessment assumes that Duke has fixed those prour -r: .
Coal ash at the Buck facility are discharging through numerous r,n arm::::
;sows, seeps, leaks,
and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal as •:
a %'adkin River. In
around of testing, state health officials advised that it was -ct sa c:: st,.:::
asons to drink
the water in many of the wells tested near leaking, unlined coa: a: r. o:. .:
`w':.r, Energy's Buck
Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants'ike vanadium , c:
;t. carcinogen
hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water wef near the u:.:
-_+.>. the carcinogen
hexavalent chromium levels detected are over 300 times higher than :.-:
--rolina's health -
based standard.
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds -4
vzn odium and
chromium into its unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at Buck.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have all been found in
C. m monitoring
wells in levels that far exceed the health -based standards --for exc.
�c nium has been
detected at 180% above the standard.
The risk classification index for Bucks tates that SucK is r li?:: . _.::',r
sieving ponds in
the groundwater table and for having high levels of chromium and va: a:'l.ai
sr in wells at Duke's
compliance boundary -right next door to our homes. if that's so, ,vhy 'ss vu
: ;.ot a high risk site
for groundwater contamination overall?
Sample Letter # 1
Dear NC DEQ,

I'm writing to urge you to rank Buck power plant as high o-iorty anc rac. ,r
.. a;:e Energy to
remove all of the coal ash at the site to safer storage.
Duke Energy's leaking coal ash pits at Buck continue to threaten gro n -a
-. . State health
officials have advised the Dukeville community, near the Bud:: coai as. .r;:_
;, not to drink their
well water because of harmful pollutants like vanadium and `ex%v~lent ..c.
- :.'um. No family
should have to question the safety of their water. Not only do many : 3s: ;-,_
s wing near or
downstream from these toxic pits have to rely on bottled water, but t;- va-
: o' their homes
have also dropped.
Please protect North Carolinians and our drinking water by ranv' rc; 3: c<:,-,,:
; priority and
moving all of its toxic coal ash to dry, lined storage away from cir w ..; ;z ra;
c. Aso not allow
capping in place for this dangerous coal ash site.
Thank you,
BUCK Letter 2:
Sending to: [e-mail]
Dear NC DEQ,
NC DEQ should rank Buck as high priority and make Duke Energy move all of the coal
ash at this site to safer dry, lined storage away from waterways. Cappeo storage is not
acceptable and will not protect families from coal ash comamina?ion.
The same problems that caused the Dan River coal ash spill - ^'; !. Leaking, and
failing metal stormwater pipes - are happening at Buck as well. For ,Veal-- D;. Ke Energy
reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium Fr: cr.: r -n;.. - o its coal ash
ponds at Buck. A spill here would be devastating to the surroL, si,nc cc;.: Even without a
dam break, seeps and illegal discharges at the coal ash pits conLm, c,: a the Yadkin
River.
Please protect the community and drinking water by ranking Bi ck rs �joi -,riority.
Thank you,
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Dear NC DEQ,
NC DEQ should rank Buck as high priority and make Duke Energy move all of the coal
ash at this site to safer dry, lined storage away from waterways. Capped storage is not
acceptable and will not protect families from coal ash contamination.
The same problems that caused the Dan River coal ash spill — cracked, leaking, and
failing metal stormwater pipes — are happening at Buck as well. For years, Duke Energy
reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its coal ash
ponds at Buck. A spill here would be devastating to the surrounding community. Even without a
dam break, seeps and illegal discharges at the coal ash pits continue to pollute the Yadkin
River.
Please protect the community and drinking water by ranking Buck as high priority.
RECEIVED/NCDEQ/OWR
Thank you,
RC
MAR 0 2 2016
Water Quality
Regional Operations Sgl;j 0fl

RECEIVED/NCDEQ/DWR
March 8, 2016
Jean Karriker MAR Q 9 2016
1925 Old Concord Road
Salisbury, NC 28146 Water Quality
Regional Operations Section
Division Water Resources Groundwater Protection
NC DEQ, Attention: Debra Watts
1636 Mail Center Drive
Raleigh, NC 27699-1611
Dear Ms. Debra Watts:
Re: Classify Buck Steam Station, Salisbury, NC as high risk.
Some residents of the Dukeville community near Buck Steam Station's coal ash ponds have had their
well water tested. They were advised by State health officials to not drink the water because it
exceeded state groundwater standards for total hexavalent chromium, vanadium and other heave
metals. Bottle water is being furnished to affected families. The publicity surrounding the testing of
wells and properties adjacent to the ponds have been very upsetting to the Dukeville Community.
Some have put their homes up for sale in a panic to get away from the problem and the coal ash debate
Is affecting property values. Lawyers have told the homeowners they must tell potential buyers the
water is not safe to drink and landlords must tell their tenants the same based on water sample test
results. You can imagine how that has affected the morale of persons who live in Dukeville. Based on
the levels of hexavalent chromium in well water which is a known carcinogen the state health officials
says the water is not safe to drink but OK to bathe in it which I feel is absurd. Hexavalent chromium
exposure occurs through breathing it, ingesting it in food or water, or direct contact with the
skin dermal absorption. Residents wash themselves, their kitchen pots, pans, dishes and utensils in the
contaminated water. I feel a person with asthma and other respiratory problems could be affected by
inhaling the steam while showering because hexavalent chromium compounds have been shown to
cause lung cancer in humans when inhaled. Chromium is a heavy metal group of iron, lead, mercury and
arsenic. Chromium 6 as well as lead, mercury and arsenic are toxic to cells and tissues. When you
shower, your eyes, nose, ears, private parts, and skin are being exposed to the hexavalent chromium.
Small children playing and bathing in a tub can easily ingest and absorb it through their sensitive skin &
membranes. Little is known of the dangers of ingesting it as to date.
I was raised in the Dukeville community. My family moved to the community in 1953 when Buck Steam
Station blew the "fly ash" from its smoke stacks into the air and it settled on everything in the
community including the food we ate from our gardens and the laundry we hung out to dry. When Buck
Steam Plant built its first ash pond next to the plant on Dukeville Road in 1957 the community felt it was
a great improvement over the coal ash flying into the air. We never thought of the long-term effect of
putting billions of tons of coal ash in earthen UNLINED ponds. The first ash pond built was small. I was
shocked to learn during a meeting that huge ash ponds had been extended for miles down the Leonard
Road and now adjacent to Ron Thomas's farm. Now 59 years later we are learning these unlined
earthen ponds can be a health risk to the Dukeville community. A large crack, cave-in or weak area in
the ponds could allow water to escape and enter the waterways or into the surrounding ground and soil
from which it is carried by underground water movements and diffused into nearby water supplies of
private wells. I feel testing should be done deep within the earth also to see how much toxins could be
affecting the ground nearer our water table. Every person's wells are drilled at different depths.

One well maybe affected while the one adjacent to it may not be. Our well is very shallow. During a
drought, I see deep gapping cracks appear in my yard. Imagine the large cracks that can occur deep
within the earth's surface during extreme droughts near these ponds.
Until Pacific Gas & Electric contaminated groundwater in the California town of Hinkley, leading to high
numbers of cancer cases, most of the public had never heard of hexavalent chromium. In 2000 my
mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and my parents deeded their Dukeville home to me with
them having lifetime rights. Due to being on chemo and radiation the doctors advised my mom to drink
plenty of water to keep the chemo from damaging her kidneys. She survived the breast cancer. In 2010
my dad died from bone cancer. Two years later my mom was diagnosed with bone cancer and died in
2012. My dad hoped the property could stay in the family. In December 2013, 1 sold the property (585
Leonard Road Salisbury, NC 28146) to my grandson and I have a rental mobile home at 565 Leonard
Road and we share a well between the two residences. He was excited to own his first home and got
married. That excitement was short lived. Within a few months of purchasing the property he was
notified his water may be contaminated from the Buck Steam Station ash ponds and recommended he
have the water tested. The water was tested and the results came back that it contained elevated
levels of hexavalent chromium and vanadium per him. The state health officials recommended he not
drink the water but they could bathe in it. He does not feel it is safe to bathe in for the reasons I have
already mentioned and the fact he knows his grandparents drank and bathed from that well and both
was diagnosed with cancer. I know the well had not been tested the 13 years I owned the property and
the bank did not require the water be tested when I sold the property to my grandson. My mother
never worked outside of the home and ran a daycare from her home for 40 years. Now that the State
health officials has advised us to not drink the water from the well, it makes me question if my parents
were drinking contaminated water for years that could have affected their health. The huge ash ponds
are located across the road from the property.
In 1926 when Buck Steam Plant was built, they furnished homes for its workers which consisted of about
85 homes to house its employees and a community building. We had a school 151 thru 81h grade
(Dukeville). The mill village was located next to the plant that got lots of coal ash dumped on it. As
roads improved and employees purchased cars they began to move from the mill houses. The houses
were sold and people who owned property moved the homes throughout the community. Some bought
several to have for rental as well. Many of the older folks have died and the children or grandchildren
now own or live in many of the homes in the community. Owners have taken a lot of pride in fixing up
the homes and maintaining them over the years. I fear the Dukeville community may change forever as
homeowners sell their homes below market value to get away from what they perceive to be
contaminated water. We need the threat of contamination removed so the community can settle down
and not fear using their water. In a meeting I attended it was stated Buck had 4 or 5 spills in 2011 but I
have not been able to confirm that. My uncle retired from the Salisbury Treatment Plant. He said the
Yadkin River was so polluted at times that they had to use much higher levels of chemicals than
recommended just to try and make the water safe for human consumption. He said he felt in years to
come people who drank the water would have cancer and other illnesses from the chemicals used to
treat the water. I prefer my water source to come from a well over city water. At times persons or
companies dumped gallons of toxic waste into the river thinking the water would dilute it and conceal it.
Some have caused fish kills alerting officials toxic waste was dumped in the river. Violators never
stopped to think it was people's drinking water they were contaminating. Even most people on city
water never think about the fact they are drinking treated water from nasty, dirty polluted river water.
They just think of it being readily available when they turn on the faucet in their homes just as many
children will tell you milk comes from a jug instead of a cow and money comes from an ATM machine.

At my work place I drank city water from the water fountain for years. The chlorine smell was
unbelievable strong making my eyes and face sting from the fumes and it taste horrible after drinking
refreshing well water at my home. Now my grandson cannot drink from the same well I found so
refreshing most of my life.
I know firsthand how exposure to toxic chemicals can affect our health. I worked over 25 years for GE
and was exposed to toxic chemicals, cyanides, spray paints and other chemical waste within the
workplace that lead to nosebleeds, skin stinging and rash, blisters inside of my mouth and teeth aching.
The doctors say over -exposure to these toxic chemicals overloaded my body making me sensitive to
almost everything I come in contact with now. My dad never smoked and retired after 42 years at NC
Finishing Company, Spencer, NC and was diagnosed with asbestos after he retired which affected his
ability to breathe. Many of my neighbors and relatives were diagnosed with asbestos also. You do not
feel the effects of these toxins while they are slowing occurring within your body but over time the
exposure leads to health Issues that affect you the rest of your life as with me and my dad.
Please classify Buck Steam station as high risk and remove the polluted coal ash from its ponds by 2019.
We are aware some minerals can be a natural occurrence but high toxic levels on properties adjacent to
the ponds (Ron & Joanne Thomas's farm) convince me and others in the community there is some
seepage from these ash ponds and to date we have not been told the water is safe to drink! The
Dukeville community will never feel its water Is safe again until the coal ash is removed due to so many
uncertainties. Think how you would want the coal ash handled if you were facing the same dilemma as
the Dukeville community and you could not drink your water. Dukeville is a very congested community
with lots of homes and wells for our water supply in the area so a lot of families are affected by the coal
ash debate. Two coal ash ponds have been closed and covered over with foliage near the Station. We
have 3 ash ponds that were retired in 2013. Two look much like a huge lake but looks can be deceiving.
There can be dangerous and deadly minerals lurking in those ash ponds contaminating the soils around
and beneath them on any given day. I attended a community meeting where Attorney Holleman, for
Southern Environmental Law Center spoke. He stated where there were high levels of arsenic, lead and
mercury found, the levels dropped 90% in three years after removal of the contaminates from those
areas. That is encouraging results if that percentage has been proven so the sooner we get the coal ash
excavated from the sites the sooner our soil can hopefully get back to normal levels in the event the
ponds are contaminating our wells. Any help you can give us in getting the coal ash eliminated will be
greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Jean Karriker

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Division Water Resources
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1626 Mail Center Drive
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Dear NC DEQ,
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I five on Dukeville Road, Salisbury, NC, just yards from the coal ash pit of Buck Steam
Plant. We moved here in 1957 and never dreamed there was an issue with the well water
we were using all this time.
The water delivered for our use has been a great help since we found out our wells were
not safe to use. This past week we were informed that now our wells are OK. How has
this happened in such a short time? Did the guidelines for contamination changed?
Please do what needs to be done to correct this contamination of our water supply.
Many thanks,
Julia Queen
635 Dukeville Road
Salisbury, NC 28146

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
a around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
Q}ri OeZ , am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
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To whom it may concern,
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d around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
e6hoar FyixriS , am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
APR 0 7 2016
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To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
r LL , am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND S DIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
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Re: Comments on Proposed Classification, Buck Steam Station, Rowan County, NC
Dear NCDEQ,
For years, Duke Energy reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
unlined, leaking coal ash ponds at its Buck plant. And for years, those pits have been discharging through
numerous unpermitted flows, seeps, leaks, and channels, including engineered discharges from the coal ash
pits into the Yadkin River. Over 293,000 people rely on drinking water intakes downstream from coal ash pits at
the Buck site.
Boron, chromium, and other harmful pollutants have been found in Duke's monitoring wells. All three coal ash
ponds at the Buck Plant have exceedances at or beyond the compliance boundary and there are several
exceedances of groundwater standards within 500 feet of a water supply well.
In a round of testing, state health officials advised that it was not safe for health reasons to drink the water in
many of the wells tested near the Buck Steam Station due to the presence of harmful pollutants like vanadium
and the carcinogen hexavalent chromium. For one family's drinking water well near the Buck site, the
carcinogen hexavalent chromium levels detected are more than 300 times higher than North Carolina's
health -based standard.
DEQ identified no downgradient wells, but there are approximately 258 persons using groundwater wells near
Buck that are side gradient from the ash pits. Yet, DEQ has stated there is insufficient modeling for side
gradient wells in the immediate vicinity of the impoundments. To err on the side of caution, this should move
the range on this key factor from low to intermediate.
DEQ has rated the dam safety classification as high, and makes the assumption that after the repairs are
made, the risk will be low. This is a faulty assumption that we have seen at other sites in North Carolina and
throughout the Southeast. Dam repairs, while implemented with the best intentions, often fail to address
fundamental issues with the dam.
The ponds at Buck were also rated high due to the fact that all three ponds sit below the groundwater table,
and therefore will remain saturated unless excavated and lined.
For all the reasons listed above, ponds at the Buck Steam Station should be classified as no lower than
Intermediate.
Sincerely,
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To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
and around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
LB . U -,am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
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To whom it may concern,
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and around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
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STEAM COAL ASH A SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
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churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
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STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
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TO: N. C. DEQ, Division Water Resources
Groundwater Protection
FROM: Peggy Gobble
270 Leonard Road
Salisbury, N. C. 28146
SUBJECT: Buck Steam Plant Coal Ash Ponds
RECEIVED/NCDEQ/DWR
MAR 0 2 2016
Water Quality
Regional OpetaWns SW#M
February 23, 2016
My name is Peggy Gobble. I live at 270 Leonard Road, Salisbury, N. C. 28146. My property is next to one of Buck
Steam Stations coal ash ponds. The ash ponds were downgraded to low priority from high risk or intermediate risk
at the end of 2015. Nothing has been done to the ash ponds that would lower the risk so why was it downgraded
to low?
We have been getting bottled drinking water for some time now because we were told by letter not to drink the
well water because it failed to meet the state standards for safe drinking water. For the safety of the people
affected by this situation we need the ash from these ponds be removed and taken to dry lined storage areas.
Duke Energy is moving ash pond residue to these dry lined storage areas in South Carolina at this time. Why can't
they do the same for North Carolina? Better yet, why can't you make them do it?
Respectfully,
Peggy Gobble

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
aP around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
i
REM'E UDEIDIDWR
APF ® 7 2016

N.C. Division of Water Resources,
Groundwater Protection Section, N.C. Department of Environmental Quality,
Attn: Debra Watts, 1636 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611
Dear NC DEQ,
RECEIVED/NCDEQ/DWR
MAR 312016
Water Quality
Regional Operations Section
NC DEQ should rank Buck as high priority and make Duke Energy move all of the coal
ash at this site to safer dry, lined storage away from waterways. Capped storage is not
acceptable and will not protect families from coal ash contamination.
Duke Energy's leaking coal ash pits at Buck continue to threaten groundwater. The
same problems that caused the Dan River coal ash spill - cracked, leaking, and failing
metal stormwater pipes - are happening at Buck as well. For years, Duke Energy
reported dumping tens of thousands of pounds of vanadium and chromium into its
coal ash ponds at Buck. A spill here would be devastating to the surrounding
community. Even without a dam break, seeps and illegal discharges at the coal ash pits
continue to pollute the Yadkin River.
State health officials have advised the Dukeville community, near the Buck coal ash
facility, not to drink their well water because of harmful pollutants like vanadium and
hexavalent chromium. No family should have to question the safety of their water. Not
only do many residents living near or downstream from these toxic pits have to rely on
bottled water, but the value of their homes has also dropped.
Please protect North Carolinians and our drinking water by ranking Buck as high
priority and moving all of its toxic coal ash to dry, lined storage away from our
waterways. Do not allow capping in place for this dangerous coal ash site.
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To whom it may concern,
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�a arou d the ck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
l i 71� , am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STE M COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
RECEIVEDNCDEUDWR
ANi 07 2016
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To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
rou d the buck s�,t jg� plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
(2S�OUl f�-T�hw'�(ffam asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
DEWWR
APR o 7 2016
Water Quputu Regional
Cr•�
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To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
and around the buck steam plant, as well as the adjoining communities, I
Jn�:Irz, Ga 6SbN . , am asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
STEAM COAL ASH AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
RECE V 1NMENWR
APR 0 7 2016
Water '?,!ality Reglonal
Op, iz,ions Section

To whom it may concern,
In light of the measureable levels of heavy metals and toxins measured in the water samples in
and around the Wck s dam pl t, a well as the adjoining communities, I
6 m asking that you RECONSIDER ELEVATING THE BUCK
TE M COALASH AN SEDIMENT REMOVAL TO HIGH PRIORITY. There are many
churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, properly value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
I1CC�} a�" Ni"EUDWR
APR 0 7 2016
Wzter Quality Re��tonal
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RECEIVEDINCDEQ/DWR
LIAR 0 9 2016
March 8, 2016,
water Quality
From: Steve Karriker, 1925 Old Concord Road, Salisbury, NC 28146, Regional Operations Sectbn
To: Division Water Resources Groundwater Protection, NC DEQ, Attention: Debra Watts
Re: Make Buck Steam Station high priority for 2019 clean-up.
The toxic heavy metal contaminates that have been found on Ron Thomas's farm adjacent to the Buck
Steam Station Is an indication there is seepage occurring from the Buck Steam Station's coal ash ponds.
Articles on the internet indicate since 2011, Duke and NC environmental regulators have known that
ground water samples taken from monitoring wells near the Thomas farm and others in the Dukeville
community contained substances, some that can be toxic exceeded state standards. These UNLINED
EARTHEN COAL ASH PONDS may have been seeping into our ground water over the past 59 years (1957
— 2016)! The state has found elevated levels of Hexavalent Chromium and other heavy metals in the
water samples from wells. Some homeowners have been told their water is not safe to drink and been
furnished bottle water the past year due to high levels of hexavalent and vanadium. Bottled water is
not a long-term solution for these residence and they are just as concerned about bathing in the water
since it may be absorbed into the skin and membranes while bathing. This does not only affect the wells
but the waterways (Yadkin River) were thousands of people get their drinking water. Duke Energy has
claimed their test at the ash ponds are within Federal guidelines. I feel even more testing should be
done deeper into the ground at the water table where most of the water comes from for the wells in the
community. Buck Steam Station has had 5 unlined coal ash ponds stretching for miles along the Leonard
Road. Two original ponds near the plant have been covered over and they have 3 large ponds sitting
with tons of coal ash in them near many homes and wells used for drinking water. 1 would hope they
may be able to remove the coal ash from the ponds and possibly recycle it for making bricks or other
products to benefit everybody concerned.
I first heard of Hexavalent Chromium in the movie, "Erin Brockov!ch". The contamination of the drinking
water in Hinkley, California seemed like miles away and would never happen in NC but now hexavalent
chromium is showing up In test performed on our drinking water. I own a rental home in the Dukeville
community. The wall crumbled at a TVA Kinston Fossil Plant in Kingston, TN December 2008 causing a
mudslide affect to cover 300 acres and flowed into two rivers being the 101h worst manmade disaster
creating the largest industrial spill in US History. February 2, 2014 the spill from a 48" pipe that
collapsed spilling an estimated 39,000 coal ash from its pond into the Dan River in Eden, NC
contaminated the river with high levels of arsenic, mercury oxide, selenium, and other heavy metals.
It was not until these spills that the dangers of coal ash was brought to the Dukeville Community's
attention. Now that we are aware of the potential risk to our drinking water being polluted by the coal
ash near our properties, we are urging you to list Buck Steam Station as high risk so the coal ash can be
removed by 2019. Nobody can ever feel their water is safe until this toxic waste is excavated and moved
to safer depositories. Do not allow capping because there will never be any guarantee the ponds will
cease to seep contaminates into our drinking water supply. Dukeville homeowners have always taken
much pride in keeping up the community because there are many families related to each other and
lived in the community their entire life and raised their families there. People are putting their homes
up for sale and property values are being affected due to all the publicity surrounding the Buck Steam
Station's ponds polluting the ground water. We need your help in getting the coal ash removed. We do
not want to see the community to continue to deteriorate or become a ghost town due to all the
uncertainties surrounding the controversy over the coal ash ponds in our community. Thank you.

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churches, homes, daycares and schools affected in these communities that are in direct and
indirect contact of the buck steam plant as well as the associated coal ash sediment. While there
are proposed plans for the water supply that are yet still being deliberated, continued exposure of
the surrounding land to coal ash sediment will cause worsening land and soil contamination to
significant toxins. This has long term deleterious effects on crops, plants, property value with
secondary carcinogenic compound and heavy metal exposure. Again, I am asking that you
please reconsider placing REMOVAL OF COAL ASH SEDIMENT AT THE BUCK STEAM
PLANT TO HIGH PRIORITY. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
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