NC0004308_Tom Hearne_20150713

From: Tom Hearne <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 12:34 PM
To: Rodriguez, Teresa
Subject: Alco - North Carolina Water Quality
Dear Teresa Rodriguez:
I am dismayed that NC DENR's Division of Water Quality has failed to clean up a known polluter
in Badin Lake and the Yadkin-Pee Dee River. Alcoa's application for a stormwater permit
(#NC0004308) to discharge contaminated groundwater into Badin Lake and Little Mountain Creek
is just a quick and dirty way to escape cleanup requirements under the Clean Water Act.
North Carolina has a problem with landfills leaking hazardous pollutants into our drinking water,
and coal ash ponds are not the only source. Alcoa's unlined landfill is leaking cyanide, fluoride,
TCE and heavy metals into Badin Lake and the Yadkin-Pee Dee River, compounding existing
pollution problems. Before writing any permits, DENR should:
• Analyze the hazardous wastes to determine exactly what Alcoa is trying to discharge into our
waterways;
• Enforce Alcoa's long history of violations under the prior permit; and
• Require Alcoa to clean up their waste sites and put a stop to hazardous discharges into Badin
Lake and Little Mountain Creek.
Sincerely,
Tom Hearne
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