Cape Fear Steam Station (3)

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December 13, 2012
File No.: 12520-R
Ms. Bethany A. Georgoulias
Stormwater Permitting Unit
North Carolina Division of Water Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Subject- Carolina Power & Light Co d/b/a Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. (Progress Energy), a
Subsidiary of Duke Energy Inc 61
Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant (NPDES NC0003433/NCS000550 draft)
NPDES Storm Water Permit Application Withdrawal
Dear Ms Georgoulias.
Progress Energy is hereby withdrawing the Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant NPDES Form 2F Application for
Permit to Discharge Storm Water Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity submitted to Mr Tom
Belnick on December 2, 2010 This power plant has ceased all categorical industrial activity and no longer
requires authorization to discharge storm water.
The submitted Form 2F application requested authorization to discharge storm water from four outfalls -
SW -001, SW -002, SW -003, and SW -008 As acknowledged in the draft individual storm water permit, there
are no discharges from Outfalls SW -001 and SW -008 (inactive ash basins) for events less than a
25 year/24 hour storm, thus, these outfalls are not subject to storm water permitting No more coal is being
delivered to the power plant thus authorization for the drainage area along the rail spur, which discharges
via Outfall SW -002, is no longer required A de minims amount of coal remains along this short spur but this
insignificant amount of material is not expected to cause any environmental impact The ash sluice line
crossing the swell at Outfall SW -003 is no longer in use The line was rinsed and portions of the piping were
removed on November 8, 2012, the last categorical activity to be ceased at the power plant
Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc
Cape Fear Steam Plant
500 CP&L Road
Moncure, NC 27559
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DEC 1 6 2012
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Ms Bethany A. Georgoulias
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December 13, 2012
Because no categorical industrial activity is currently conducted at the Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant, no
authorization for the discharge of storm water associated with industrial activity is required Therefore,
Progress Energy believes that the current NPDES storm water permitting requirements are no longer
applicable. Please respond with concurrence of our understanding by either a letter to me at the power
plant address or an email to Ms. Robin Bryson, Environmental Specialist in our corporate office, at
robin.bryson@Pgnmail com
1 certify, under penalty of law, that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or
supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and
evaluate the information submitted Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or
those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of
my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete 1 am aware that there are significant penalties for
submitting false information, including the possibility of fines and imprisonment for knowing violations
Sincerely,
Danny Wimberly
Acting Plant Manager
Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant
DW/rb
cc: Larry Baxley
Henry Gales
John Velte