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PAT MCCRORY
Y Governor
DONALD R. VAN DER VAART
Secretary
Water Resources S. JAY ZRVIMERMAN
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Director
March 4, 2016
CERTIFIED MAIL 7013 2630 0001 8998 4247 ®® +�
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED R E C O 11� E D
Mr. Harry K. Sideris, Senior Vice President - Environmental, Health & Safety MAR 0 8 2016
Duke Energy
526 South Church Street CENTRAL FILES
Mail Code EC3XP SWR SECTION
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
SUBJECT: Notice of Violation and Recommendation of Enforcement for Violations of
NCGS 143-215.1(a) — Unauthorized Discharge of Wastewater
NOV-2016-DV-0101
Duke Energy Progress, Inc. — Roxboro Steam Electric Power Plant W WTP
Person County
Dear Mr. Sideris:
This letter transmits a notice of violation and recommendation of enforcement for violations of the subject
general statute. Review of submitted documents and other records indicates there are unauthorized discharges
of wastewater from the area around the subject facility's coal ash basins. Please note that additional violations
may be identified should these discharges be found to have caused exceedances of water quality standards.
This letter is to advise you that the Division of Water Resources (DWR) is considering the issuance of civil
penalties to address these violations. If you have any explanation or mitigating information that you wish to
present that may be considered during the determination of any civil penalty assessment, you are requested to
present such materials to DWR within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this letter. Please send your response
to the attention of Bob Sledge at the letterhead address.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. If you have any questions about this letter, please contact
me at [phone].
Sincerely,
Jeffrey O. Poupart
Water Quality Permitting Section Chief
cc: Raleigh Regional Office — Water Quality Regional Operations
NPDES Compliance/Enforcement Files
Central Files
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919-707-9000