NC0001422_Comments_20170622 (34)

Strickland, Bev
From: Julia Martinelli <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 11:04 AM
To: SVC_DENR.publiccomments
Subject: Sutton Steam Station Permits
Dear DEQ,
I am very concerned about the unacceptably weak draft permit at the Sutton Steam Station. As written, the draft
permits would weaken and remove current discharge limits for arsenic, mercury, and other coal ash pollutants from
Duke Energy's lagoons into Sutton Lake and the Cape Fear River. DEQ would allow Duke Energy to dump nearly 7 times
more toxic arsenic pollution from its coal ash lagoons into Sutton Lake and the Cape Fear River by dramatically
weakening the daily maximum limit in the existing permit.
Please strengthen protections for these important waters.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Julia Martinelli
8918 Landing Drive, SW
Sunset Beach, NC 28468