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week of 7/25/07
MQme Feds OK Duke proposal for Dillsboro dam removal
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~~}~OiQO The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave Duke Power the green light
last week to tear down the Dillsboro dam following athree-year waiting
QII, ~~If1pu5 process.
W NC Caler~d,~lr The plan is not without opposition. Duke Power still needs state approval and
water quality permits that will dictate the terms of dam removal, and could
I~V~O~lrlti~~ll ~/C1aCBS face more hurdles if opposition moves into the legal arena.
Reding Flatffll Duke hopes tearing down the Dillsboro dam will count as required mitigation

P.Ulall~ Affdlr5 for its other dams in region. Duke's permits to operate 10 other hyrdopower
dams date back to the 1960s and will soon expire.
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In exchange for harnessing the public's waterways to make hydropower,

Cle~sifiedS Duke Power must compensate the public with a host of environmental and
recreational measures.
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