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Home My WebLink AboutDEQ_Coal Ash Impoundments Annual Report_2018-10-01ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary MEMORANDUM NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality TO: HOUSE AND SENATE MEMBERS WITH COAL ASH PONDS IN THEIR DISTRICTS FROM: John Lucey Interim Director of Legislative Affairs SUBJECT: Coal Combustion Residuals Surface Impoundments in Members' Districts DATE: September 6, 2018 Pursuant to GS 130A-309.204(b), "on or before October 1 of each year, the Department shall report to each member of the General Assembly who has a coal combustion residuals surface impoundment in the member's district. This report shall include the location of each impoundment in the member's district, the amount of coal combustion residuals known or believed to be located in the impoundment, the last action taken at the impoundment, and the date of that last action." Comments concerning the 2018 annual report are as follows: • All volumes were provided by Duke Energy as of September 5, 2018. • Coal Ash Ponds are sorted by NC House District and NC Senate District. • The table "Summary of Last Action Taken" covers many programs and lists multiple actions in summary fashion. The attached report satisfies this reporting requirement. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me by phone at (919) 707- 8668 or via e-mail atjohn.lucey@ncdenr.gov cc: Sheila Holman, Assistant Secretary for Environment, NCDEQ Linda Culpepper, Director of Water Resources, NCDEQ NORTHG�I%A unPamnom of a W.n_.W D W4, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 217 West Jones Street 11601 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1601 919,707.8600 North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources Annual Coal Ash Report to the General Assembly October 1, 2018 This report is submitted to meet the requirements of GS 130A-309.204(b) which requires annual reporting on coal combustion residuals surface impoundments in North Carolina. NORTH C�NA onperonnm m bmrnnmenmi 4w�h North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 217 West Jones Street 1 1601 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1601 919.707.8600 Location of Each Ash Pond Duke Energy Facility Name Address Allen Steam Station 253 Plant Allen Rd., Belmont, NC 28012 Asheville Steam Electric Plant 200 CP&L Dr., Arden, NC 28704 Belews Creek Steam Station 3195 Pine Hall Rd., Belews Creek, NC 27009 Buck Combined Cycle Station 1555 Dukeville Rd., Salisbury, NC 28146 Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant 500 CP&L Rd., Moncure, NC 27559 James E. Rogers Energy Complex (formerly Cliffside Steam Station 573 Duke Power Rd., Mooresboro, NC 28114 Dan River Combined Cycle Station 900 South Edgewood Rd., Eden, NC 27288 H. F. Lee Energy Complex 1677 Old Smithfield Rd., Goldsboro, NC 27530 Marshall Steam Station 8320 East NC Hwy. 150, Terrell, NC 28682 Mayo Steam Electric Plant 10660 Boston Rd., Roxboro, NC 27573 Riverbend Steam Station 175 Steamplant Station, Mount Holly, NC 28120 Roxboro Steam Electric Plant 1700 Dunnaway Rd., Semora, NC 27343 L. V. Sutton Energy Complex 801 Sutton Steam Plant Rd., Wilmington, NC 28401 W. H. Weatherspoon Power Plant 491 Power Plant Rd., Lumberton, NC 28358 Coal Ash Ponds by North Carolina House Districts NC House District W Facility Ash Pond Designation Status Coal Ash Inventory, tons (per Duke as of Sept. 5, 2018 2 Mayo Steam Electric Plant Mayo Ash Pond Active 6,600,000 2 Roxboro Steam Electric Plant Roxboro West Ash Pond Active 12,966,000 2 Roxboro Steam Electric Plant Roxboro East Ash Pond in luding ash stack Inactive 7,074,000 4 H.F. Lee Energy Complex H.F. Lee Active Ash Pond Inactive 4,516,000 4 H.F. Lee Energy Complex H.F. Lee Ash Triangle Pond Inactive 9,000 10 H.F. Lee Energy Complex H.F. Lee Ash Pond 1 Inactive 269,000 10 H.F. Lee Energy Complex H.F. Lee Ash Pond 2 Inactive 529,000 10 H.F. Lee Energy Complex H.F. Lee Ash Pond 3 Inactive 911,000 18 L.V. Sutton Energy Complex Sutton 1971 Ash Pond Inactive 1,523,000 18 L.V. Sutton Energy Complex Sutton 1984 Ash Pond Inactive 1,104,000 46 W. H. Weatherspoon Power Plant Weatherspoon 1979 Ash Pond Inactive 2,228,000 54 Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant Cape Fear 1956 Ash Pond Inactive 419,000 54 Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant Cape Fear 1963 Ash Pond Inactive 859,000 54 Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant Cape Fear 1970 Ash Pond Inactive 839,000 54 Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant Cape Fear 1978 Ash Pond Inactive 833,000 54 Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant Cape Fear 1985 Ash Pond Inactive 2,815,000 65 Dan River Combined Cycle Station Dan River Active Primary Ash Basin Inactive 681,000 65 Dan River Combined Cycle Station Dan River Active Secondary Ash Basin Inactive 389,000 76 Buck Combined Cycle Station Buck Steam Station Basin 1 Inactive 3,551,000 76 Buck Combined Cycle Station Buck Steam Station Basin 2 Inactive 1,998,000 76 Buck Combined Cycle Station Buck Steam Station Basin 3 Inactive 864,000 89 Marshall Steam Station Marshall Active Ash Basin Active 16,832,000 91 Belews Creek Steam Station Belews Creek Active Ash Basin Active 11,971,000 108 Riverbend Steam Station Riverbend Primary & Secondary Basins Inactive <50,000 109 Allen Steam Station Allen Active Ash Basin Active 10,478,000 109 Allen Steam Station Allen Retired Ash Basin Inactive 6,152,000 NORTH CARol WAD Q�I unperonn .l bmrnnmenmi 4wIh North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 217 West Jones Street 1 1601 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1601 919.707.8600 ill James E. Rogers Energy Complex Cliffside Active Ash Basin Active 5,038,000 ill James E. Rogers Energy Complex Cliffside Inactive Ash Basin 1-4 Inactive 0 112 James E. Rogers Energy Complex Cliffside Inactive Ash Basin #5 Inactive 2,352,000 116 Asheville Steam Electric Plant Asheville 1982 Ash Pond Inactive 0 * = Active: receiving either sluiced fly ash or bottom ash, Inactive: NOT receiving sluiced fly ash or bottom ash **= Quantities subject to change based on continuing ash production and ash excavation, as applicable. In addition, detailed in -situ field data acquisition and analysis in support of ash basin closure planning may yield revised ash quantities. Coal Ash Ponds by North Carolina Senate Districts NC Senate District Facility Ash Pond Designation Status Coal Ash Inventory, tons (per Duke as of Sept. 5, 2018) 7 H.F. Lee Energy Complex H.F. Lee Ash Pond 1 Inactive 269,000 7 H.F. Lee Energy Complex H.F. Lee Ash Pond 2 Inactive 529,000 7 H.F. Lee Energy Complex H.F. Lee Ash Pond 3 Inactive 911,000 7 H.F. Lee Energy Complex H.F. Lee Active Ash Pond Inactive 4,516,000 7 H.F. Lee Energy Complex H.F. Lee Ash Triangle Pond Inactive 9,000 9 L.V. Sutton Energy Complex Sutton 1971 Ash Pond Inactive 1,523,000 9 L.V. Sutton Energy Complex Sutton 1984 Ash Pond Inactive 1,104,000 13 W. H. Weatherspoon Power Plant Weatherspoon 1979 Ash Pond Inactive 2,228,000 22 Mayo Steam Electric Plant Mayo Ash Pond Active 6,600,000 22 Roxboro Steam Electric Plant Roxboro West Ash Pond Active 12,966,000 22 Roxboro Steam Electric Plant Roxboro East Ash Pond Inactive 7,074,000 23 Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant Cape Fear 1956 Ash Pond Inactive 419,000 23 Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant Cape Fear 1963 Ash Pond Inactive 859,000 23 Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant Cape Fear 1970 Ash Pond Inactive 839,000 23 Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant Cape Fear 1978 Ash Pond Inactive 833,000 23 Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant Cape Fear 1985 Ash Pond Inactive 2,815,000 26 Dan River Combined Cycle Station Dan River Active Primary Ash Basin Inactive 681,000 26 Dan River Combined Cycle Station Dan River Active Secondary Ash Basin Inactive 389,000 30 Belews Creek Steam Station Belews Creek Active Ash Basin Active 11,971,000 34 Buck Combined Cycle Station Buck Steam Station Basin 1 Inactive 3,551,000 34 Buck Combined Cycle Station Buck Steam Station Basin 2 Inactive 1,998,000 34 Buck Combined Cycle Station Buck Steam Station Basin 3 Inactive 864,000 42 Marshall Steam Station Marshall Active Ash Basin Active 16,832,000 43 Allen Steam Station Allen Active Ash Basin Active 10,478,000 43 Allen Steam Station Allen Retired Ash Basin Inactive 6,152,000 44 Riverbend Steam Station Riverbend Primary & Secondary Basins Inactive <50,000 46 James E. Rogers Energy Complex Cliffside Active Ash Basin Active 5,038,000 46 James E. Rogers Energy Complex Cliffside Inactive Ash Basin 1-4 Inactive 0 47 James E. Rogers Energy Complex Cliffside Inactive Ash Basin #5 Inactive 2,352,000 48 Asheville Steam Electric Plant Asheville 1982 Ash Pond Inactive 0 * = Active: receiving either sluiced fly ash or bottom ash, Inactive: NOT receiving sluiced fly ash or bottom ash **= Quantities subject to change based on continuing ash production and ash excavation, as applicable. In addition, detailed in -situ field data acquisition and analysis in support of ash basin closure planning may yield revised ash quantities. NORTH CARol WAD Q�I onperonnm m bmrnnmenmi 4w�h North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 217 West Jones Street 1 1601 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1601 919.707.8600 Summary of Last Action Taken Ash Pond Designation Last Action Taken Date of Last Action Taken Allen Active Ash Basin 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress 2. NPDES permit issued 2. July 13, 2018 3. Alternate water provided 3. August 3, 2018 Allen Retired Ash Basin 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress 2. Alternate water provided 2. August 3, 2018 Asheville 1982 Ash 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. Inprogress Pond 2. Draft modification to NPDES permit; Public hearing 2. In progress scheduled for August 22. 3. In progress 3. Installation of alternate water supplies 4. Complete 4. Basin excavated 5. Complete 5. Dam decommissioning Asheville 1964 Ash 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress Pond 2. Basin under excavation 2. In progress 3. Installation of alternate water supplies 3.In progress 4. Slope improvement of separator dike 4. Complete Belews Creek Active 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. Inprogress Ash Basin 2. Installation of alternate water supplies 2. In progress 3. Draft modification to NPDES permit 3. In progress. 4. Groundwater extraction well system operating 4. On -going Buck Steam Station 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress Basin 1 2. Installation of alternate water supplies 2. In progress 3. Draft modification to NPDES permit 3. In progress Buck Steam Station 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress Basin 2 2. Installation of alternate water supplies 2. In progress 3. Draft modification to NPDES permit 3. In progress Buck Steam Station 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. Inprogress Basin 3 2. Installation of alternate water supplies 2. In progress 3. Draft modification to NPDES permit 3. In progress 4. Modification of existing dam spillway and extending 4. In progress discharge outlet Cape Fear 1956 Ash 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress Pond Inactive 2. Alternate water provided 2. July 25, 2018 Cape Fear 1963 Ash 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress Pond (Inactive) 2. Alternate water provided 2. July 25, 2018 Cape Fear 1970 Ash 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress Pond (Inactive) 2. Alternate water provided 2. July 25, 2018 Cape Fear 1978 Ash 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress Pond 2. Alternate water provided 2. July 25, 2018 3. Draft modification to NPDES permit 3. In progress 4. Dewatering basin 4. In progress Cape Fear 1985 Ash 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress Pond 2. Alternate water provided 2. July 25, 2018 3. Draft modification to NPDES permit 3. In progress 4. Dewatering basin 4. In progress Cliffside Active Ash 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress Basin 2. Installation of alternate water supplies 2. In progress 3. Draft modification to NPDES permit 3. In progress 4. NPDES permit issued 4. July 13, 2018 Cliffside Inactive Ash 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. Inprogress Basin #5 2. Installation of alternate water supplies 2. In progress Cliffside Inactive Ash 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. Inprogress Basin 1-4 2. Installation of alternate water supplies 2. In progress NORTH CARol WAD Q�I unperonn m bmrnnmenmi 4wIh North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 217 West Jones Street 1 1601 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1601 919.707.8600 3. Basins excavated 3. Complete 4. Dam modification; proposed construction of a wastewater 4. In progress storage basin within the dam. Dan River Active 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress Primary Ash Basin 2. Alternate water provided 2. August 3, 2018 3. NPDES permit issued 3. October 2016 4. Basin under excavation 4. In progress 5. Dam decommissioning (sequence A) 5. In progress Dan River Active 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress Secondary Ash Basin 2. Alternate water provided 2. August 3, 2018 3. NPDES permit issued 3. October 2016 H.F. Lee Ash Pond 1 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress (Inactive) 2. Alternate water provided 2. July 25, 2018 3. Dam slope repair 3. Complete H.F. Lee Ash Pond 2 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress (Inactive) 2. Alternate water provided 2. July 25, 2018 3. Dam slope repair 3. Complete H.F. Lee Ash Pond 3 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress (Inactive) 2. Alternate water provided 2. July 25, 2018 3. Dam slope repair 3. Complete H.F. Lee Active Ash 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress Pond 2. Alternate water provided 2. July 25, 2018 3. Draft modification to NPDES permit 3. In progress 4. Decanting basin 4. In progress 5. Slope repair 5. In progress H.F. Lee Ash Triangle 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress Pond 2. Alternate water provided 2. July 25, 2018 3. Decanting basin 3. In progress Marshall Active Ash 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress Basin 2. Installation of alternate water supplies 2. In progress 3. NPDES permit issued 3. Aril 2, 2018 Mayo Ash Pond 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress 2. Installation of alternate water supplies 2. In progress 3. NPDES permit issued 3. July 23, 2018 Riverbend Active Ash 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress Basin 1 2. Alternate water provided 2. August 10, 2018 3. NPDES permit issued 3. November 18, 2016 4. Basin under excavation 4. In progress 5. Dam modification and decommissioning 5. In progress Riverbend Active Ash 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress Basin 2 2. Alternate water provided 2. August 10, 2018 3. NPDES permit issued 3. November 18, 2016 4. Basin under excavation 4. In progress 5. Dam decommissioning 5. In progress Roxboro West Ash 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. Inprogress Pond 2. Installation of alternate water supplies 2. In progress 3. Draft modification to NPDES permit 3. In progress 4. Dam slope modification 4. In progress Roxboro East Ash Pond 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. Inprogress 2. Installation of alternate water supplies 2. In progress 3. Draft modification to NPDES permit 3. In progress Sutton 1971 Ash Pond 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress 2. Alternate water provided 2. August 10, 2018 3. NPDES permit issued 3. September 30, 2017 4. Basin under excavation 4. In progress 5. Groundwater extraction well system operating 5. On going NORTH CARol WAD Q�I unperonn m bmrnnmenmi 4wIh North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 217 West Jones Street 1 1601 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1601 919.707.8600 6. Dam decommissioning 6. In progress Sutton 1984 Ash Pond 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress 2. Alternate water provided 2. August 10, 2018 3. NPDES permit issued 3. September 30, 2017 4. Basin under excavation 4. In progress 5. Groundwater extraction well system operating 5. On going 6. Dam decommissioning 6. In progress Weatherspoon 1979 1. Continued site assessment activities 1. In progress Ash Pond 2. Installation of alternate water supplies 2. In progress 3. Draft modification to NPDES permit 3. In progress 4. Basin under excavation 4. In progress NORTH CARol WAD Q�I unperonn m bmrnnmenmi 4wIh North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 217 West Jones Street 1 1601 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1601 919.707.8600