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SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER
Telephone [phone] PATTON AVENUE, SUITE 304 Facsimile 828-258-2024
ASHEVILLE, NC 28801-3321
April 16, 2019
Via Electronic Mail and U.S Certified Mail
Landon Davidson
Environmental Regional Supervisor
Division of Water Resources- Water Quality Regional Operations
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
2090 U.S. 70 Highway
Swannanoa, NC 28778
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Brett Laverty
Hydrogeologist
Division of Water Resources -Water Quality Regional Operations
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
2090 U.S. 70 Highway
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Stanley Aiken
Regional Engineer
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Re: Public Records Request, Duke Energy Progress Inc. Asheville Regional Airport
structural fill project
Dear Mr. Davidson, Mr. Laverty and Mr. Aiken,
Pursuant to the North Carolina Public Records Law, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1 et seq., the
Southern Environmental Law Center requests the right to inspect, examine, and copy the
following public records of the of the Division of Water Resources -Water Quality Section
("DWR"), and the Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources -Land Quality Section
("DEMLR") of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality:
All records (whether an original or a copy) within the custody or care of DWR
and/or DEMLR, or any of its divisions, employees or consultants, which relate to
the coal ash combustion products structural fill project at the Asheville Regional
Airport. This request includes, but is not limited to, the following:
• All records for Areas I, II, III and IV structural fills
Charlottesville • Chapel Hill • Atlanta • Asheville • Birmingham • Charleston • Nashville • Richmond • Washington, DC
100% recycled paper

• All records for permit No. WQ0000020
• All groundwater monitoring well and surface water sample results
• All records related to any seepage, spills, leaks, etc. from the structural
fill project
• This request is for records generated or obtained since June 1, 2014
• This requested specifically excludes documents currently available on
the Department of Environmental Quality's laserfiche website
For the purposes of this request, the term "public records" shall have the meaning defined
in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132-1 and shall include all such records in the possession, custody, or
control of DWR/DEMLR as well as those prepared by, created by, or in the possession, custody,
or control of its agents, contractors, subcontractors, and attorneys. This request specifically
includes all emails, handwritten notes, letters, records of telephone conversations, other records
of written and/or oral communications, drafts, reports, and all other public records within the
possession, custody, or control of DWR/DEMLR. Furthermore, we request access to each
version of a record or document, whether it is a draft, has been electronically deleted, has
attachments, bears annotations, etc.
If you take the position that any of the above -described public records are not open to
public inspection under the North Carolina Public Records Law, please explain the basis for your
position and identify any statute, rule of law, or other authority upon which you rely. Public
records must be provided to a requestor "as promptly as possible" upon payment of any fees,
which shall not exceed the actual cost of reproducing the public record. N.C. Gen .Stat. §§ 132-
1, 132-6. Please contact me prior to any copying if that actual cost is expected to exceed $300.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation. If you have any questions, or if we can
clarify the scope of our request, please do not hesitate to call me at 828-258-2023.
cc: (via email)
Christy Simmons —
christy. simmonskncdenr. gov
Sincerely,
Patrick Hunter
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