Duke Energy has made a request to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for a variance to extend the Coal Ash Management Act closure deadline by six months for the Sutton Coal Ash facility located at:
801 Sutton Steam Plant Road
Wilmington, NC 28401
This notice serves as a Notice of Public Meeting and Opportunity for Public Comment for this request. The public meeting will be held at 6 pm at the Cape Fear Community College on January 14, 2019, in the McLeod Building.
Interested persons are invited to provide comment on the variance request. Written comments may be sent to:
Ellen Lorscheider
1646 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 1646
Phone/Fax: (919)707-8200
The comment period began on December 14, 2018 and ends on February 4, 2019.
Written comments may also be submitted during the public comment period via email at the following address:
Please type “Sutton Variance Request” in the subject line.
After weighing all relevant comments received, DEQ will decide whether to grant the request.