Multi ID#'s_Extension Addtional Areas Assessment_20170227

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Water
Resources
Environmental Quality
February 27, 2017
D. Edwin Sullivan
Director, Waste and Groundwater Programs
Environmental, Health & Safety
Duke Energy
526 South Church Street
Mail Code EC13K
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Director
Subject: Extension Request — Additional Areas Assessment
James E. Rogers Energy Complex (Formerly — NPDES No. NC00005088 —
Rutherford and Cleveland Counties
Roxboro Steam Electric Plant — NPDES No. NC0003425 — Person County
W.H. Weatherspoon Power Plant — NPDES No. NC0005363 — Gaston County
Dear Mr. Sullivan:
On August 18, 2016, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) received
proposed plans from Duke Energy to conduct additional assessment activities for the James E.
Rogers Energy Complex (Rogers), Roxboro Steam Electric Plant (Roxboro), and W.H.
Weatherspoon Power Plant (Weatherspoon) as requested by the Department. Based on a review
of the plans and other information received by DEQ Regional Office staff, conditional approval of
the plans was granted based on site-specific provisions in our November 23, 2016 letter, which
was revised on December 2, 2016. In granting conditional approval, the DEQ stipulated a deadline
of March 31, 2017 for submittal of site assessment reports for each facility.
In a January 27, 2017 letter to DEQ, Duke Energy requested a 60 -day extension for the Additional Areas
Site Assessment Plan at Roxboro and Weatherspoon, and an extension at Rogers until all ash is removed
from the ash basin. DEQ grants an extension as requested to complete activities related to the site
assessments for the subject facilities contingent on updated status reports provided to the Regional
Offices at the first of each month. These updated status reports will consist of documentation of permit
issues, schedules for sample collection and analysis, and time estimates for reporting. Any problems that
may impact meeting the revised timeframe for report completion must be communicated to the respective
Regional Offices.
If you have any questions regarding this letter, please feel free to contact Steve Lanter (Central Office)
at 919-807-6444. For more specific questions, please contact our Regional staff listed below:
• James E. Rogers Energy Complex: Ted Campbell at [phone]
• Roxboro Steam Electric Plant: Eric Rice at [phone]
• W. H. Weatherspoon Power Plant: Kent White at [phone]
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State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Water Quality Regional operations Section
1636 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1636
919-707-9129

Sincerely,
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S. hZ�erman, P.G., Director
Division of Water Resources
cc: WQROS Asheville, Raleigh, and Fayetteville Regional Office Supervisors
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