20150041 Ver 1_Alice Loyd - Comment regarding Duke Energy_20150401

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From: Alice Loyd <aliceloyd @earthlink.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 11:53 AM
To: Higgins, Karen
Subject: Comment regarding Duke Energy- Chara permits for Brickhaven and Colon Rd coal
ash fills
Ms. Karen Higgins
401 and Buffer Permitting Unit
NC Division of Water Resources
Raleigh, NC
Dear Ms. Higgins:
I'm writing regarding the Duke Energy- Charah request for permits to site coal ash fills at Brickhaven
(Moncure) and Colon (Sanford) in North Carolina. I've also registered my comment with the Army Corps of
Engineers. Please consider the problems a coal ash fill would bring to these area, and hold a public hearing
prior to rendering a decision.
I am most concerned about the environmental impacts of the proposed coal ash fill:
• impacts on the nearby wetlands and intermittent and perennial streams
• impacts on the many protected plant and animal species in these streams and tributaries
• provisions for water monitoring and the need for wider stream buffers that have yet to be addressed
• impact of coal ash on private or public well water users in both areas and downstream surface water
supply in municipalities
• inability of local wastewater treatment plant to handle heavy metals.
I'm also concerned about the economic impacts on the people in these areas:
• decline of property values on surrounding land and homes
• paltry amount of job creation
• lawsuits will certainly follow approval.
I also think a public hearing is in order regarding the coal ash fill sites.
Please consider the problems a coal ash fill would bring to these areas, and hold a public hearing prior to
rendering a decision.
Thank you,
Alice Loyd
800 Northclift Drive
Raleigh, NC 27609
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