Sutton Power Station

Three-unit coal-fired facility located in Wilmington, NC. Two ash ponds.

NPDES Information

• NPDES Permit
• DENR letter to Duke: Sutton NPDES wastewater permit

Dam Safety

• Dam Inspection Report
  • Sutton Steam Plant Dams inspections 2-20-2014.pdf
• (June 2014 Notice of Inspection) Sutton Steam Plant 1971 and 1984 Ash Pond Dams

Solid Waste Permit

• Draft Permit
• Application
• Fact Sheet

Enforcement Actions

March 10, 2015 - Assessment of Civil Penalty for Violations at the L.V. Sutton Electric Plant in New Hanover County

• Penalty Assessment Letter; Findings and Decisions and Assessment of Civil Penalties; Civil Penalty Waiver Form; Justification for Remission Form; Assessment Factors; Summary Tables; Enforcement Notes; Map of Sutton facility with well locations; Sutton Monitoring Well Data; Sutton Plant Civil Penalty Assessment Documents - March 2015; 

• Aug. 26 Notice of Violation - L.V. Sutton Plant 
• Feb. 28 Sutton Steam Electric Plant Notice of Violation

Environmental Justice Review Documents

• Sutton Energy Complex - Environmental Justice Impact Statement, issued to EPA Office of Civil Rights
• Sutton Energy Complex – Environmental Justice Impact Statement, issued to US Commission on Civil Rights
• Sutton Energy Complex - Landfill Proposed Near Your Community Postcard
• USEPA Environmental Justice and Civil Rights response to Sutton Duke Energy Study – September 9, 2016