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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Waste Management
Pat McCrory Donald R. van der Vaart
Governor Secretary

1646 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1646
Phone/Fax [phone] Internet: http://www.ncdenr.gov

An Equal Opportunity \ Affirmative Action Employer
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT
SOLID WASTE SECTION
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY
Permit No. 7906

DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC
is hereby issued a
PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT
7906-INDUS-2016, DUKE ENERGY DAN RIVER STEAM STATION
PERMIT TO OPERATE
7906-INDUS-2016, DUKE ENERGY DAN RIVER STEAM STATION
PERMIT FOR CLOSURE
Not Applicable

Located at the Dan River Steam Station, 900 South Edgewood Road, City of Eden, Rockingham County
North Carolina, in accordance with Article 9, Chapter 130A, of the General Statutes of North Carolina
and all rules promulgated thereunder and subject to the conditions set forth in this permit. The legal
description of the site is identified on the deeds recorded for this property listed in Attachment No. 1 of
this permit.

Edward F. Mussler, III, P.E., Supervisor
Permitting Branch, Solid Waste Section
Division of Waste Management, NCDEQ
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ATTACHMENT 1
GENERAL PERMIT CONDITIONS/INFORMATION

PART I: GENERAL FACILITY
Permit to Operate Date Table
Permit Status Issuance Expiration DIN
7906-INDUS-2016, Duke Energy
Dan River Steam Station
Proposed October 26, 2016 October 26, 2021 25583
General Conditions
1. This permit is issued by the North Carolina Department Environmental Quality, Division of
Waste Management, Solid Waste Section (Section). In accordance with North Carolina Solid
Waste Management Rule 15A NCAC 13B .0201(d), a solid waste management facility
permit shall have two parts: a Permit Approval to Construct and a Permit Approval to
Operate. The Permit to Construct must be implemented in accordance with Attachment 2 of
this permit. The Permit to Operate must be implemented in accordance with Attachment 3 of
this permit.
2. The persons to whom this permit is issued (“permittee”) are the owners and operators of the
solid waste management facility.
3. The permit shall not be effective until the certified copy of this permit which shows current
ownership and references legal descriptions for all land within the solid waste management
facility boundary is recorded in the Register of Deeds office and indexed in the grantor index
under the name of the owner of the land in the county or counties in which the land is
located. The certified copy of the permit affixed with the Register's seal and the date, book,
and page number of recording must be returned to the Section within 30 calendar days of
issuance of this permit. If the Section does not receive the certified copy of the recorded
permit within 30 calendar days of issuance of the permit, then and in that event, the permit is
suspended and of no effect until the date the Section receives the certified copy of the
recorded permit.
4. When this property is sold, leased, conveyed, or transferred in any manner, the deed or other
instrument of transfer shall contain in the description section in no smaller type than that
used in the body of the deed or instrument, a statement that the property has been used as a
solid waste management facility and a reference by book and page to the recordation of the
permit.
5. By beginning construction or receiving waste at this facility the permittee shall be considered
to have accepted the terms and conditions of this permit.
6. Operation of this solid waste management facility shall be in accordance with the Solid
Waste Management Rules, 15A NCAC 13B, Article 9 of the Chapter 130A of the North
Carolina General Statutes (NCGS 130A-290, et seq.), the conditions contained in this permit,
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and the approved plan. Should the approved plan and the rules conflict, the Solid Waste
Management Rules shall take precedence unless specifically addressed by permit condition.
Failure to comply may result in compliance action or permit revocation.
7. This permit is issued based on the documents submitted in support of the application for
permitting the facility including those identified in Attachment 1, List of Documents for
Approved Plan, and which constitute the approved plan for the facility. Where discrepancies
exist, the most recent submittals and the Conditions of Permit shall govern.
8. This permit may be transferred only with the approval of the Section, through the issuance of
a new or substantially amended permit in accordance with applicable statutes and rules. In
accordance with NCGS 130A-295.2(g) the permittee must notify the Section thirty (30) days
prior to any significant change in the identity or business structure of either the owner or the
operator, including but not limited to a proposed transfer of ownership of the facility or a
change in the parent company of the owner or operator of the facility.
9. The permittee is responsible for obtaining all permits and approvals necessary for the
development of this project including approval from appropriate agencies for a general or
individual NPDES Stormwater Discharge Permit. Issuance of this permit does not remove
the permittee’s responsibilities for compliance with any other local, state or federal rule,
regulation or statute.
Properties Approved for the Solid Waste Management Facility
Rockingham County, N.C. Register of Deeds
Book Page Property Owner Acres
1411 2100 Duke Power Company 379.99±
Total Site Acreage: 379.99±

PART II: MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART III: CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART IV: INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL UNIT(S)
7906-INDUS-2016, Duke Energy Dan River Steam Station
Permitting History
Permit Type Date Issued DIN
Permit to Approval Construct and Permit Approval to Operate,
Original Issuance
October 26, 2016 25583

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List of Documents for Approved Plan
DIN Description
25409 Hydrogeologic Study, Dan River Landfill, Duke Energy – Dan River Steam Station,
Eden, North Carolina. Prepared for Duke Energy. Prepared by Amec Foster
Wheeler. December 2015.
25407 Construction Plan Application, Dan River Landfill. Prepared for Duke Energy.
Prepared by Amec Foster Wheeler. December 2015.
25602 Operations Plan, Dan River Landfill, Duke Energy – Dan River Steam Station, Eden,
North Carolina. Prepared for Duke Energy. Prepared by Amec Foster Wheeler.
December 2015. (Extracted from DIN 25407).
25603 Water Quality Monitoring Plan Dan River Landfill, Duke Energy – Dan River Steam
Station, Eden, North Carolina. Prepared for Duke Energy. Prepared by Amec Foster
Wheeler. August 2015. (Extracted from DIN 25407).
26123 Leachate Tank and Secondary Containment Plan, Proposed Dan River Landfill,
Duke Energy – Dan River Steam Station, Eden, North Carolina, Amec Foster
Wheeler Project No. 7810140065. Prepared for Duke Energy. Prepared by Amec
Foster Wheeler. May 2016.

PART V: LAND CLEARING AND INERT DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART VI: TRANSFER STATION/TREATMENT & PROCESSING UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART VII: MISCELLANEOUS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Not Applicable
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ATTACHMENT 2
CONDITIONS OF PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT

PART I: GENERAL FACILITY
1. The initial, substantial, construction authorized by this Permit to Construct must commence
within 18 months from the issuance date of this permit. If substantial construction does not
begin within 18 months from the issuance date of this permit, then the permit to construct
shall expire. Substantial construction includes, but is not limited to, issuance of construction
contracts, mobilization of equipment on site, and construction activities including installation
of sedimentation and erosion control structures. The permittee may reapply for the permit to
construct prior to the expiration date. The re-application will be subject to the statutes and
rules in effect on that date and may be subject to additional fees.
2. The permittee must conduct a preconstruction meeting at the facility prior to initiating
construction of any unit/cell and must notify the Section at least 10 days prior to the meeting.
3. Construction of all solid waste management units within this facility must be in accordance
with the pertinent approved plans and only for those phases of development approved for
construction as described in Attachment 1, List of Documents for Approved Plan.
4. Modifications or revisions of the approved documents or changes during construction of any
landfill unit/cell require approval by the Section, and may constitute a permit modification
and be subject to a permitting fee.
5. Burning of land-clearing debris generated on site as a result of construction activities requires
approval by the Section prior to initiating the burn. In addition, the facility must ensure the
activity is in compliance with all air pollution and open burning laws, regulations, and
ordinances.
6. In areas with streams and/or wetlands, the permittee shall provide to the Section the approved
404/401 from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and/or the NCDEQ Division of Water
Resources, in electronic format (pdf) prior to construction in the affected areas.
Monitoring Requirements
7. Prior to construction of the phase or cell(s) within the phase, all piezometers, borings, and
groundwater monitoring wells within the footprint must be properly abandoned in
accordance with 15A NCAC 2C .0113(b)(1) and (d), entitled “Abandonment of Wells”.
8. In areas where soil is to be undercut, abandoned piezometers, monitoring wells and borings
must not be grouted to pre-grade land surface, but to the proposed base grade surface to
prevent having to cut excess grout and possibly damage the wells.
9. A licensed geologist must report any pertinent geological feature(s) exposed during phase or
cell excavation. Prior to placing any landfill liner, the geologist must submit to the Section
Hydrogeologist a written report that includes an accurate description of the exposed
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geological feature(s) and effect of the geological feature(s) on the design, construction, and
operation of the cell, phase, or unit.
10. Within thirty (30) days of the completed permanent abandonment of a piezometer,
monitoring well or boring, the well abandonment record (Division of Water Resources Form
GW-30) and any additional information included in the abandonment record must be
submitted to the Section in electronic format (pdf). The well abandonment records must be
submitted to the Section in accordance with 15A NCAC 2C .0114(b) and be certified by a
licensed geologist.
11. Within 30 days of completed construction of each new groundwater monitoring well, a well
construction record (Division of Water Resources Form GW-1b), typical well schematic,
boring log, field log and notes, and description of well development activities must be
submitted to the Section in electronic format (pdf).
12. A licensed geologist must supervise installation of groundwater monitoring wells and surface
water sampling stations.
13. Any modification to the approved Water Quality Monitoring Plan must be submitted to the
Section Hydrogeologist for review.
14. The permittee must submit a plan sheet-sized, scaled topographical map, showing the
location and identification of new, existing and abandoned groundwater monitoring wells and
piezometers and provide the Section Hydrogeologist a copy in electronic format (pdf).
Erosion and Sedimentation Control Requirements
15. All required sedimentation and erosion control measures must be installed and operable to
mitigate excessive on-site erosion and to prevent silt from leaving the area of the landfill unit
during the service life of the facility.
16. All earth disturbing activities must be conducted in accordance with the Sedimentation
Pollution Control Act of 1973 (15 NCAC 4) and consistent with any other local, state or
federal requirements.
17. Facility construction, operations or practices must not cause or result in a discharge of
pollution, dredged material, and/or fill material into waters of the state in violation of the
requirements under Sections 401 and 404 of the Clean Water Act, as amended.
18. Modifications to the approved sedimentation and erosion control activities require approval
by the North Carolina Land Quality Section. The Solid Waste Section must be notified of any
sedimentation and erosion control plan modifications.

PART II: MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART III: CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable
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PART IV: INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL UNIT(S)
7906-INDUS-2016, Duke Energy Dan River Steam Station
19. Pursuant to the NC Solid Waste Management Rules (Rule) 15A NCAC 13B .0201(c) and
(d)(1), this permit approves construction of Cells 1 through 3 of the Duke Energy Carolinas,
LLC, Dan River Steam Station industrial landfill.
20. The following conditions must be met prior to operation of each constructed unit of the solid
waste management facility:
a. The Permittee must obtain a written approval for Phase(s) or Cell(s) from the Section in
accordance with 15A NCAC 13B .0201(d).
b. Construction quality assurance (CQA) documentation as well as a certification by the
project engineer that the landfill was built in accordance with approved plans and the
conditions of the permit must be submitted to the Section for review and approval.
c. The Permittee must contact the appropriate Section Environmental Senior Specialist and
Permitting Engineer to determine whether the Section chooses to hold a pre-operative
meeting with key landfill personnel and representatives of the Section.
d. The edge of the waste footprint must be identified with permanent physical markers.
e. A leachate disposal permit must be provided, in electronic format (pdf).
f. Financial assurance must be updated, approved by the Section, and an appropriate
mechanism in place for each unit.

PART V: LAND CLEARING AND INERT DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART VI: TRANSFER STATION/TREATMENT & PROCESSING UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART VII: MISCELLANEOUS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Not Applicable
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ATTACHMENT 3
CONDITIONS OF PERMIT TO OPERATE

PART I: GENERAL FACILITY
1. Financial assurance must be continuously maintained for the facility in accordance with
NCGS 130A 295.2. The owner and operator must annually adjust cost estimates for inflation.
2. All sedimentation and erosion control activities must be conducted in accordance with the
Sedimentation Control Act NCGS 113A-50, et seq., and rules promulgated under 15A
NCAC 4. All required sedimentation and erosion control measures must be installed and
operable to mitigate excessive on-site erosion and to prevent silt from leaving the area of the
landfill unit during the service life of the facility.
3. Copies of this permit, the approved plans, and all records, required to be maintained in the
operating record by the permittee, must be maintained at the facility, unless otherwise
approved by the Section, and made available to the Section upon request during normal
business hours.
4. All forms, reports, maps, plans, and data submitted to the Section must include an electronic
(pdf) copy.
5. The facility must be adequately secured by means of gates, chains, berms, fences, or other
security measures approved by the Section to prevent unauthorized entry.
6. Interior roadways must be of all-weather construction and maintained in good condition.
7. The edge of the waste footprint for all disposal units must be identified and maintained with
permanent physical markers.
8. The owner or operator must maintain a record of the amount of solid waste received at the
landfill unit, compiled on a monthly basis, utilizing installed and well maintained truck
scales. Any alternative methods for establishing truck weights must be approved in writing
by the Section.
9. The following, at a minimum, must not be accepted for disposal at the facility: hazardous
waste, yard trash, liquid wastes, regulated medical waste, sharps not properly packaged, PCB
waste as defined in 40 CFR 761, and wastes banned from disposal by NCGS 130A-309.10(f).
Monitoring and Reporting Requirements
10. Groundwater locations must be established and monitored as identified in the List of
Documents for Approved Plan.
11. A licensed geologist must be present to supervise the installation of groundwater monitoring
wells. The exact locations, screened intervals, and nesting of the wells must be established
after consultation with the Section Hydrogeologist at the time of well installation.
12. Groundwater monitoring wells must be sampled for the constituents in the approved
monitoring plan, at least semi-annually, according to the specifications outlined in the
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approved Water Quality Monitoring Plan and the current policies and guidelines of the
Section in effect at the time of sampling.
13. Reports of the analytical data for each monitoring event must be submitted to the Section
within 120 days of the respective sampling event. Analytical data must be submitted in a
manner prescribed by the Section. Records of all groundwater and leachate analytical data
must be kept as part of the permanent facility record.
14. Untreated leachate must be sampled and analyzed at least semi-annually concurrently with
the groundwater sampling, one sample per event. The leachate must be analyzed for the
same constituent list as the groundwater monitoring wells outlined in the approved Water
Quality Monitoring Plan. Test results must be submitted to the Section along with
groundwater test results. In the event leachate is recirculated, additional leachate sampling
may be required.
15. A readily accessible unobstructed path must be cleared and maintained so that four-wheel
vehicles may access monitoring well locations at all times.
16. A log which details all development, sampling, repair, and all other pertinent activities
associated with each monitoring well and all sampling activities associated with each surface
water and leachate sampling location must be kept as part of the permanent facility record.
17. All well construction records and soil boring logs for new wells must be submitted to the
Section Hydrogeologist for review within 30 days of completion.
PART II: MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART III: CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART IV: INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL UNIT(S)
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18. The Permit to Operate shall expire October 26, 2021. No later than April 26, 2016, the owner
or operator must submit a request to the Section for permit review and must update pertinent
facility plans including, but not limited to, the facility operation and waste screening plans.
19. This permit approves the operation of Cells 1 through 3, of the industrial landfill, as well as
the onsite environmental management and protection facilities as described in the approved
plans.
20. This facility is permitted to receive solid waste generated by or at the Duke Energy, Dan
River Steam Station property as described in the approved plan and as defined in G.S. 130-
290 (a)(2b), except where prohibited by the N. C. General Statues Article 9 of Chapter 130A,
and the rules adopted by the Environmental Management Commission. Waste types include,
but are not limited to:
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a. Coal combustion residuals (CCRs) (including fly and bottom ash, pyrites, and coal mill
rejects);
b. Wastewater treatment sludge;
c. Vacuum truck waste;
d. Waste soils (i.e. from ash removal activities or soil that has contacted petroleum); and
e. Small quantities of inert debris from CCR unit decommissioning activities.
21. The following conditions must be met prior to approval for operation of any phase, cell or
construction sequence of the landfill;
a. Financial assurance must be made current if any adjustment is warranted.
b. A construction quality assurance documentation report shall be prepared in accordance
with the approved plan and submitted to the Section for review prior to placement of
waste.
c. New groundwater monitoring wells associated with each new phase or cell shall be
installed and background sampling shall be completed for the constituents listed in the
approved Water Quality Monitoring Plan listed in Attachment 1, List of Documents for
Approved Plan.
22. On or before August 1 annually, the permittee must submit an annual facility report to the
Section, on forms prescribed by the Section.
a. The reporting period shall be for the previous year beginning July 1 and ending June 30.
b. The annual facility report must list the amount of waste received and landfilled in tons
and be compiled:
i) On a monthly basis.
ii) By specific waste type.
iii) By disposal location within the facility.
iv) By county of origin.
c. A measurement of volume utilized in the landfill cells must be performed during the
second quarter of the calendar year. The date and volumes, in cubic yards, must be
included in the report.
d. The amount of waste, in tons from scale records, disposed in landfill cells from October
26, 2016 through the date of the annual volume survey must be included in the report.
e. The completed report must be forwarded to the Section Environmental Senior Specialist
for the facility by the date due on the prescribed annual facility report form.
f. A copy of the completed report must be forwarded to each county manager for each
county from which waste was received at the facility. Documentation that a copy of the
report has been forwarded to the county managers must be sent to the Section
Environmental Senior Specialist by the date due on the prescribed annual facility report
form.
24. The facility operator must complete an approved operator training course in compliance with
NCGS 130A-309.25.
a. A responsible individual certified in landfill operations must be on-site during all
operating hours of the facility to ensure compliance with operational requirements.
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b. All pertinent landfill-operating personnel must receive training and supervision necessary
to properly operate the landfill units.
25. The following table lists the estimated gross capacity, acreage and status details for the
landfill units. Gross capacity is defined as the calculated volume from the elevation of initial
waste placement to the top of the final cover.
Dan River Steam Station Industrial Landfill Waste Capacity
Construction
Sequence
Waste Capacity
(cubic yards)
Area (acres) Lifetime (years) Status
Cell 1 179,221 5.1 0.07 Proposed
Cell 2 522,887 7.4 0.20 Proposed
Cell 3 1,443,990 10.8 0.56 Proposed
Total 2,146,106 23.3 0.83

PART V: LAND CLEARING AND INERT DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART VI: TRANSFER STATION/TREATMENT & PROCESSING UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART VII: MISCELLANEOUS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Not Applicable
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ATTACHMENT 4
CONDITIONS OF PERMIT FOR CLOSURE

PART I: GENERAL FACILITY
1. Closure or partial closure of any landfill unit must be in accordance with the closure plans
described in the approved plans. Proposed changes to the approved closure plans must be
submitted to the Section at least 90 days prior to implementation.
2. Closure construction quality assurance reports must be submitted to the Section at least
annually and maintained in the operating record of the facility.
3. Final closure of the landfill and initiation of the 30-year post-closure period commences upon
the engineer’s certification that the closure of the fill is complete.
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4. Post-closure use of the property must not disturb the integrity of the cap system, base liner
system, or any other components of the containment system or the function of the monitoring
systems. The Section may approve disturbance if the constructor or operator demonstrates
that disturbance of the cap system, base liner system, or other component of the containment
system will not increase the potential threat to public health, safety, and welfare; the
environment; and natural resources.

PART II: MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART III: CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART IV: INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART V: LAND CLEARING AND INERT DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART VI: TRANSFER STATION/TREATMENT & PROCESSING UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART VII: MISCELLANEOUS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Not Applicable
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