Public Comment Period Ends: Duke Energy’s Rogers Plant NPDES Wastewater Permit #NC0005088

Comment period begins on 04/10/2020 and ends on 05/11/2020.

Ad expected to run in the Daily Courier on 4/10/2020 and the Shelby Star on 4/11/2020.  

PUBLIC NOTICE

N.C. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INTENT TO ISSUE NPDES WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT #NC0005088

Public comment or objection to the draft permit modification is invited. All comments received by May 11, 2020 will be considered in the final determination regarding permit modification issuance and permit provisions.

PERMIT APPLICATION

Duke Energy Progress, LLC, 526 South Church St., Charlotte, N.C., has applied for modification of its NPDES wastewater permit (NC0005088) for Rogers Energy Complex, 573 Duke Power Rd., Mooresboro, Cleveland and Rutherford County. The facility discharges treated industrial wastewater and stormwater to Broad River and Unnamed Tributary to Broad River Basin in the Broad River Basin. Some of the parameters are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of the Broad River Basin.  The draft wastewater permit modification and related documents are available online at: https://goo.gl/3WtzMF. Printed copies of the draft permit modification and related documents may be reviewed at the department’s Asheville Regional Office. To make an appointment to review the documents, please call 828-296-4680.  Public comment on the draft permit modification should be mailed to: Wastewater Permitting, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C., 27699-1617.  Public comments may also be submitted by email to: publiccomments@ncdenr.gov. Please be sure to include “Rogers” in the email’s subject line. (Ad expected to run in the Daily Courier on 4/10/20 and the Shelby Star on 4/11/20)

View Draft NPDES Major Modification