Public Comment Period Opens: Duke Energy's Buck Combined Cycle NPDES Wastewater Permit #NC0004774

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PUBLIC NOTICE

N.C. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INTENT TO ISSUE NPDES WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT #NC0004774

Public comment or objection to the draft permit modification is invited. All comments received by June 15, 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 major modification of its NPDES wastewater permit (NC0004774) for Buck Combined Cycle Station, 1385 Dukeville Rd., Salisbury, Rowan County. The facility discharges treated industrial wastewater and stormwater to Yadkin River and Unnamed Tributary to Yadkin River in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin. Some of the parameters are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of the Yadkin-Pee Dee 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 Mooresville Regional Office. To make an appointment to review the documents, please call 704-663-1699.  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 “Buck” in the email’s subject line.

View Draft NPDES Major Modification

Comment period begins 5/10/20 and end on 6/15/20.

Ad expected to run in the Salisbury Post on 5/10/20.