Weatherspoon 121516 GW and Soil Background to DEQ_20161215

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December 15, 2016
Mr. Kent White
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Water Resources
Fayetteville Regional Office
225 Green Street, Suite 714
Fayetteville, NC 28301
410 S. Wilmington Street.
Raleigh, NC 27601
Mailing Address
Mail Code NC 15
Raleigh, NC 27601
919-546-7863
919-546-6302 (fax)
RE: Evaluations for Recommending Background Groundwater and Soil Datasets
W.H. Weatherspoon Power Plant
Dear Mr. White:
As discussed on October 25, 2016 and subsequent meetings between NCDEQ, Duke Energy, and Duke
Energy consultants, evaluations have been performed on site -specific bases to recommend groundwater
and soil data for use in calculating site -specific groundwater and soil background values. Attached you
will find tech memos and evaluation tables produced by SynTera Corporation summarizing the
groundwater and soil datasets recommended for use in calculating respective background values at the
W.H. Weatherspoon Power Plant. If you have any questions or need any clarification regarding the
information provided, feel free to contact me at lohn.toepfer(@duke-enerey.com or at 919-546-7863 at
your convenience.
Respec ully submitted, v
JohnYoepf r, P.E.,
a
Lead Engineer, Duke Energy EHS CCP
Waste & Groundwater Programs
cc (via e-mail): Mr. Steve Lanter, NCDEQ Raleigh Central Office
Mr. Ed Sullivan, Duke Energy Corporation
Mr. Ted Volskay, SynTerra Corporation