Public Comment Period Opens: Duke Energy’s L.V. Sutton Energy Complex NPDES Wastewater Permit #NC0001422

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

Ad expected to run in the Wilmington Star on 4/10/2020.

 

PUBLIC NOTICE

N.C. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INTENT TO ISSUE NPDES WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT #NC0001422

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 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 (NC0001422) for L.V. Sutton Energy Complex, 801 Sutton Steam Plant Rd., Wilmington, New Hanover County. The facility discharges treated industrial wastewater and stormwater to Sutton Lake and Cape Fear River in the Cape Fear River basin. Some of the parameters are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of the Cape Fear 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 Wilmington Regional Office. To make an appointment to review the documents, please call 910-796-7215.  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 “Sutton” in the email’s subject line.

View Draft NPDES Major Modification