20070812 Ver 2_Alcoa appeals water quality certification_20090708

Dorney, John
From: Massengale, Susan [[e-mail]]
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Subject: Alcoa Appeal
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From the Charlotte Observer
Alcoa has appealed a state water-quality certification the aluminum maker needed to renew its federal
hydroelectric license on the Yadkin River.
Alcoa is locked in a struggle with Stanly County, where a now-closed smelter is located, and Gov. Bev Perdue.
The county and Perdue want federal authorities to take away Alcoa's Yadkin license and put it in the hands of a
state trust.
State certification that Alcoa's hydro operations won't harm Yadkin water quality, granted in May, cleared
federal regulators to renew the license for up to 50 more years.
After challenges by Stanly County and the Yadkin Riverkeeper, a state judge placed the permit on hold. Perdue
has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to delay action on issuing the hydro license.
In papers filed Monday with the state Office of Administrative Hearings, Alcoa protested the $240 million bond
the state required in granting the water permit, calling it "grossly excessive" and unwarranted.
Alcoa also challenged other conditions in the permit and said state officials acted too late in granting it. Bruce
Henderson
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