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Dear Mr.

On ben-A f tim Vctern North and. NA'an.'i: 1.H , on wpm H u1V3rOm1c Jni

f n11 ion sixty clay oHmc HH S ("CAVA'

, for 200 Drive , Hoth Nant.'

, :Acc.orditig in thy of:NU/it:3)1;d 1>0111.Wifit DkCh',Up.: •ySteM ("NPDF.,) Icrmi No,

7' 0000 i 9 6, cffectivu 203b „AH,

i;n0L1H/1 y alSti in its a0,^„

,:A•>i..;31dMM• in violation of t[c uondiic in .1P1)1,..:

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, .- ;•:;•e: Asheville ; Nashville • - Washington, DC

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Dt.tt.u1luriztitiol. Oundroc,

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CoiL Jut- (100

c.,:onibuNtion•, in lute ivrittra, borow, niani:t.Htit . selenium And

AgenCY tbr SUbSti,i0c.:

AI , (!re'‹ACS IRA: coal ash to

tiuttalih. Sc Itl2ttt. iitnuan eological RisK Assct.',t_ttilt,tH O 'ail (. ,.) ,.111 -twjtiort

tnts (Draft., April 2010).

Rn ' y culcts into a bindirw. a:ncement I and AV :

Irt tt): ofAis ‘. ts tine;

f2itizer l'n .:i0.ArrHt U71 for Li w

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Description of the Violations

Th of it,' disc .t t : nutant inn) ntto.ttt.tittle

t,,,tittHon tts.11 Scc 33 • 10) Fti ch dit:w

15,tivnt it :lra t( )n I).

(l000.;cte. , (i'i...rtTnit r ,. s Nit tOr it

A:AilA'AinA',F1:5H ,,AiL ,i:i 7A )06, l'i ii130,1j1* tht.',., I'Ll -,:nii expired on ,:tt..tttt..tnillet 2.01 (). no new

, In.ii; h::, ,, b<,: ,::H issu, , uki Pp...-.;;; I ,,n ,.:1 ,,'.' H operatillu ,...itu1... - th , : lc; as Of like 2006 twin:lit A Pc;rrnit, .13 (IO); 4()C„,1. 7 .1t,

1?.2.6

tviik.. Plt;ttr H t, die 1-fc.,•!•k ,,.'ii ';..'...k ,:: Rivcr, 13k.] -i

11 - , -),:.n H..' ,:„:', ill':, rhe Plant H.-; two

;'e OW:: corW..)n' -, rir=n ..o.tt cfred I.- by Fr acs. Ilk , Arid 1,..; be "19

'..,' ,.".A:.c .:ti potkl. -,,,, ,....,..)mHc,,, ,,'d. ....,-,0 r itAtt .tiFS trt.-tt.t•• tr_tot t

a t ' i,.0', ,,'. - s( or.:1,a111', ';...q. flu w:d. 1.i lie.1

k ;',11. -liCc'". \ ,./:-M:r_. ' , '0: V011.4111C ,AA".1!AAAA.A:',/Aqi.T., r pit" .,:i..()rm vttatitttr runoff'File '.•;.(t,l, ..t tt'lo pond

ttic1.: ,..t . .,.t.',.t t.., . ■ 01 tit.o.at....‘ly 45 .tt.t.t1.(...' di; e' it: .19 - -',1!, It ;e : 50, i .,b,•--ittom..

Il ttA ,tAttl io ciAt.t... a :t;in F h Pond Treatment Sysk..ittFe Fittttt,:h Reed River throw , 1 . Permit., ':- .;;J'i'lornerli hJ emit covc7 19:,:;) ash pond receives "ns.11 tr a nsport watet - , coal pile runoff, n.trtn water

runol I titious t'olurne --;t1hS;...:10.cy;s (such t]t, boiler blo‘vdown, tint:: Oft: "der x., 11 hopp ,- ,., At1.- , plant duF F , air ptch. '1.cdnine

,,,t! :tar/ fuss VIII

A. 1

incinclinP and kel

I.,

7:10 1 1 1_ ,

di:::tharged front Tnik ,:rnai notizo Sett: inp; pd whrcit ,...otabirtet; t

wf njc1 Ricr

Rcr.“,:vval

().Laf411 ) prior ,(t Prq.ress Fncptv App;;(..a

2010) Wirstion').

received "tichl ,..ini stran IT) A.:0 to Ow ivy (..)i.tf,fA out to a fociuo!t . (LIC)

\\IL);:k " I ;.1h pond imp,:i:J rkiou..,.1.,,L

from 1)WQ., 1 ; a:10 ..•..attort).

()UlfW 001, and_ =_,:filnu1t. from the 1982 ,ish pntid and dis.churi;c fhe

11unds system in the 9n4 pond now byp tho fortncrtrairLt b-, t ;:cirt and

i -CO2 the rt,.tw point. fl H. I-gc point is no lot (lie inoation, k.n r.'11 .1C perolitted

fcuie\v ' " jqnktiS r, n;■ ci.d

1. A))), on ()raw CWA,

c loct:non! ..ntiticto<1 by the Con': ation

0)2, -.'1,;1',1 ,,3re

with the lo,".h .lon„

cH.W1i!I ((ito:..Ht 001 .)

Ln

"(lift 0,1:3;

tess rnel 0 ,;:n 0. or ,Lc noe, imp:J:1, meats snuihirly A,2.nam4,,I, i Otno.led Irjuin

oonalt. iron :ird twn,t -nt a 010;.(,:nwHs not to:ny.a iroups,

-

fki,„ 24:,..■ Ff. :() 1 .0 1Httec. Ifbc it thut t.)wi

■elerdinn

4 St'.1 ,rcTry: ..is

iii 1 1 1

(0 . 1 ■ 01 r-ric

April

111 t) ri t IC, Si..11 .1n7c7S, disi•Stij .Vo.(i s)h,

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'NR 4; riles ctirifirni dial seeps fritat Progress Ft s coal ash ponds

disehiD id -nod River :and its tributaries. Progxe.ss Energy's Jun,' 2010 14I'IIIII '\, ,nication at both the 196;: 1982 on

On: rine cif' edioni:J.n.:d -dam .!.eepa -gi,-;'" is 9(000 gallons fbrseepo , . t thy: 1964 tioiwundinern,

; per daV

now (Dec. 4 2010). 1 di Jiti, c , 2121 impound, Pi ogress Energy's 1 ),:f ;on

CAP', )c-. drains i,ofil "both the 1982 pond ;311(i :1964 pond French Oro:id River,' 4UH tulidot sp,,s,,dry how this drainage nec. 4. Application !ti

cylit,ro rdpor' ,2, isnicxd,1 Pie 196 ,1 iN, ,,ehtiqd„2,1 i tTn u 1)„„, nt'01.

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Q0 1,1i,; , '!. 13(M olhe' dit 4. '1 , utaries th a ,, \rift Frencti ik.s explained

ene e French River and

Seticw :36 (.;)oF h,- prohibits 2. .ptschi pcnitiiarits flit) d :oursA d tn ,

I ponutant .

pci - 33C. 2. (11): 40 (.2.11'.1.-L The Fourth Cirouit Act is a "blowfly worCL: ,...jlute atid any is it

Va, Tiighlads Inc, Tv, 1.11111i4, 025 F,3d :159, 166

7 " urrivii21 --1 iit :01,,r, does no: , whether this amount ineluck itic Lake Julian e )cation at An

n:1 (1

1212

4

,',vity 0101( iffit I,X11

PrOk

It II COa.1 All

tLc clt,7aEly coN,..ers all additions at :166-67.

IJ;

'medals, radiouctive matt.‘rials r 1sand : ccilar dirt, z.Ind \yasto cK,...i.er, 33 1.2i.SC, 1362(6). 1 dc:Enition

as its various ,;:ou-, I1 ,,uent pc. .1iLe boron, iron, t Va. Conseryanc,..5., 162-63

coal mine site iron ad Lip 30(7 805 ( ..)ct„

30„ 2007)(ont o b the combw;tic, , 'at e cic:,.1.fly a pontitarJ.

ii.to Act fiiiadly&ter?. "IN:)int sou? If discernible, co .11 lined., and iclainii but not baited to any pip„:, ditch, chm:o. ,„.1, tut,if ctefduit , vod I.

SSU I 1, 21 . irt)111 PI I n1 SIt“' wriv (1 4 w,;1;:.,_ :,. :.. tinder this : {1 ,..:tcnItion i: ,,,. IL,.,..„ ,-, 1,!;:,tf.'. „.1C, I, ■

,

Shilry pon,i;. N , dilileilt il;, -;11`,-„-,T, ,,t -,,fl!;,fi y , 1, ,,;W:'ci.I0/1 S'i1lui'', 1.1aVe beet)

frO ,,H1 !).0iff ' , (,:, iffe,` liflile(i ',,';','i ''; ,, oon .x,.., 599 1 2 .2d Y,;,',:, 37 ,1 ([ VV , L,.; 1.,,,,, , , ,

fissure

in the dirt 1 ,,, on or over:1:) ,,v of a wall , he escul , +(liquid limn the coni'1:1,- :s

us adri rite c.,:.)11.Th.T.t-c. a -e CiLt n jild,

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1,•

C, 1.; a pa COW'. Co . a. ost. h..% 60,4 „2,I 239, 249-50 C411 (Jr. 1979),

in turn us t.,du an td Ore 1dL. au wit; \ deliniTion ci

ii 1di(ion _ "point source /lc) 7.Ot. °:q.: the IC the polkaanr; it need 0 ,0y convey . .01h.uartt to'r:..k , ::a 1,.)1(..t :1)0i.)0 of

US. 95, 10:', (13,004); occor,./P . iiL5Izjst.'on.N'cit' ,...H!cv, 625 1.',3<i at 168 irt.,E1La tcrcs u -ow ww that -rucwiy pa htrant.s to

ChaOnels `,11al. convey pollui:nu,..;., (Jai ii SC1V-ts not

lit uSuI1 sour-lfl5luiLltO i ICICCS. This Iona] eon

f an-of

Of ii. ',./errf,.1 club, , „t

59.2 hou: ,,,,;,,f-r 1J.111

cool in.! , flo:nt

1/64; 27;', V. S 1133. 2,d 1St t 1na3 rcstP ,. ', row witu.ral plunlowc,m, ti' raft tdl

once channeled or „:orkstittles Afore,- , Inc., „ b42, 655 (E. D,

cdcf. ;trio. Pa, po111

Ion( of vime disc: 0

iu(mng call

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al UO' po.t.t.d

ct:tv'tt

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it Ci. t.".:+2:":111 :2C

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po.kti c;)niit

82, Didddd

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CO'. •

tddidit ddd, d, d ,d

nt,Vtttct - Div t' t-:ttt Do '• , •• • .±‘,W4‘..1;: ■ a 13: m.;on \ inpawtn 1 , 2010) ("LTA CCW

"DFM. -

0c.i, d,d, .

a' otis c, aubli

,t:Iality..ftt hilluclit

the. Fre ttth to

th• I.1( 19t4 ash pond t'd„tdtp:;q, ,,,td

Proncii 13I vet. colr.„:41td.,, !dIpt,,:nruttcti chschaQ..?.,c ni iutu ti so. dis,m coHcciod .0'62 dam w

co: urt.r.q.,ttminyd do; rte in loital'ton

t.tddifiot;, ttoiTi tin . a s (a tiO; ajtt'Lttit.:11

addi tit tttcojvc.vanccs of via diti.Hitt:tt::, Citttttolek. pipes. d/01- In

t:tttttro.: 1,1 tOS _WA..

tttfuTh.t:i iirat kt ,:Kt:j v,.ttt:1C that th:ttt)har,,c:

eotivc,yantdc pohit sttHt.:2.C.: to tk.

t dis w all pd:tiiit'lor the iheililv

the Asheville Plant are tmgoint . 4,ind didd,H,..„,y to

cddm1ito.ic A,„dra ta c1 ittis iddkT and tact swohcqdwd., ,t 1;11'144 .a Na a ha. al, public i-ccol t.i?„;

AN indictd 1. 11cdidd, disddt:;did iutve CVCO with the do . ,

the 19 trTouricrd ,.,......nt J- .;.,:dotd.;ddt:cdt:d tin: 001, 1 .ttt.,t1.. Prcipzs- e..xdpres.:;iy ddtti. th:q„ 16110‘vHdt .

dt'tt. f<t) t-t,t -td HI -IytttttIt0.;:t - tL•

a.\t'..tit('ttih W1,1 a a ' I., ••••• Lase, 11 pdoo ',nod. 2(.1.1) at

iocation is no ict.itty).! ,an att;:: t.,torLd'i tin' its di::tehat -,.:te to Cht'..1 French d River (dr - , rtddiult 'd,...t ,:td -itcd? "t1:1( . . Outran), ;t,'Nj, pkniWnv„ i'tr, r4.1.crl.tion. for

n'4 ri) r:S penult renewal dod:d: togur:d;- -;1, ad<limt.t1 outfalls for this tel (qhcr inperrdiitted

didddhar.tdtdd.: OCCthTU'' d IS cdttd,1 ituprAindrr:d„dol

tti ,; refL•ti-

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As &sc.') ibod above, the vo (time ,t polluted water seeping from coal ash pond ru. the Asheville Pits; remains sigui leant. in the tbsonce of a efforts to stop these disoNit vcs of polluted water into the Fro telt Broad Rit7.;;1- alai its tiHbantries„ it is likely that tliose disonarps are continuingOid w 1 contimid1 c the date. of this letter and the subs011ient of a la \A s;Ut.

B. ,p1 inwis of NP.Dff' 'awl Pro tibitina ro;trudvittlev

A dischtargc of pollutanis that: contra.vi,mcs the terms of a .̀ t PUL S permit or its conditions is also subject to (:itizon en for:dit.ntart suit under the Clean Wan ; Pt.ot. See 33 U,S,C ;°, §136:5 (I) (6), 1342(a); 40 CT §1.22. ,11tt,0 t noncompliance o „antes a vi .t of the Clean Water Act and :i:> niids for enforttement aetion.").

Tho NTDE2 Permit in.cJwio rf 1 condition Fm i dispo;m1 of "Rernos;:;r7Sitbstinc, , ,s,"" 'he contlii on spec:Mei:di), 'ponutantsremovo ..1. in Me of ire:xi:multi ocsnUo ■ 'tvinnewaittr" to be disposed of "in a mIro a sr H i .e. tii prevoinl ii

from such niakaaitth, entet - itut w, titers of itio Sr IPDES F rmit , Stan, ion C(61. Id. control StaitifC, s; ate to includo

groundwater. N.C. Gen. St.; t. § 143-212(6).

As di" s above, the 1982 r noad receive .d trt rivIt s na st, e stre,lins, including ash "1 viatc coal pild unw - dentin 1: CIL chemical metal cles;:iit:„ ,, w: , er. Til'w's..; wants streams arc troucd Ihrough t'sedirmil.tsAion and neutralization," Application at 1. roihii;:i.J, Ls that have her' it-,ino'yod i tin conisd treatment are Storgx1 iiloth ash ponds. The I ')64 a21) po pollunmi edgod i:cou the 1982 pond, in to pollutawi,3 r-com jot uLts, dinat coal cot h buAion waste and other waste guaersti,:a during the i'lc ,,otts

Sampling around each of the ash ponds indicates that in)th.ttsi;dii removed in ilLo t -:oursc of treatment are entering groundwater, waters 01 ;ke state, in violation or Lite NI DIiS;'orri conditik,n, Pritgiss Energy's own monitor:lint For sampling conclacted over the last two yGars document contamination at rar1 Tronit ,',) ring riin::>1'511cci 3U ;r IF c;i(Acrt" .; coal

ponds. ,,:r!'ont.Pro;lc,;tif inc12, Clcs 1 ,::;1-1 1'on, H coal .

U.S. EPA, and rikaoici,j.cul Risk I r COal ibUSCI taste .; it 2 -s 2-5 (Draft, A p; :2t) 0) (stirT C,oal Combustion as: n.s.r; S);;Ilicidnt .utalytical data exislo to cc uniudd that the ritei,r,ntred, coLdnoinii-ations tu"2 ittistically sign ilrosantly greater than

Sairipon; i'rod; ug well "CB-3," on the southern boundary of dai I 982 ash poott, as an exanipto, has consistcittly Oct ted thallium in excess of groundwater standards in seven sampling events over the 1;;;J two

A:3h0Ville S;C:rirj PC1V.VC Well Sa;nvH , TP ort 6,11;4tes Spreadf;hc; (lApthited st 2012, s1i()Wii1: ,roundwaier iiIiu resii.ks N:11. cc' i)cr 2010, April 2011, July 20" .1 2011,

A 1 ric 2012, July 1.1d c.iroundwaier Quality Monitorciti: Report l i i n, PI (dated Decorn 10, 2012, showing sainplin8 resuli r, November 2012), on file with DEN1 - 1,

7

'olio the Reloca. Toti of

minion of , :y -ouriti\vatcr by poi1utimtrc:1111 ,..:0_ cowtt'sctles the "Removed S'& , :,.1J.Inces" condition

rit

101 ,s aaf moo a utter the exp]ral tort ft f1 3'cro ; :i

hut a f() Out ,i'a'ii 001 iv,ILowtAtiy am a of lund,' , 2011 to on the 1961 0J ;wild dom. Sec F ca farin 1,,VhiAlaffi a Edy,,,U . th)(Maa , 2011). :-A.Tpport of its rcocmt to

mliii Olt: ofti Itcttnit moal Fnaa ay cow'A'al r‘rpliczo ic.to, which ik:-;cribc:; -11w aakiitioi °La "now" flow from a t)(Wd in.l.cricx to the 1064 ash poud draiti;T,c concurrent v, , i0t tho relocalirm, See Ahpficut ioit, AU.. 9. Progr;... --.',is sample

flow incIu<10 .1 0°1h:tarts st“,th T.Tiv...k.e1 5 seltsmionT,' and

2011 ' approval - to n.,.!10( ,)i.:1 ,3ide of the normal \val c,

(May 13, 2011). lout a ft2VieW 2012

ouLiet

11110 Ott)

Proy: v t Os

1101.

and iddition Utileo of The Pcrin ieryH. at 0 coo tent. i nc 1 1 C,11:1:

' 1;Hr d 1.);

see ,o 40 •.;

permit It -cottiin;q: mill elI coo date 01 iftw

1\.C2, Gen. Stat 15013-3(a) (upon :if H:ly to

'existing does not e..xpiik' +ltl1. a ctøc.lvion on fbrc. -4

Vic :oti ,.)in.ietit ., cNicnqio .r,

orTil , ‘ Pe.; ma, its terilt:. :().■ ;.;.16 clii ta ci tcuV cit sleamc could

ttot im)dificd clInt Ac. 2,010

Avis appr ,Jpriate oti6e of flit. ltla) rcrmi cm. , moving an wn1hi! nn ,„i allOt a a ao , out r'dH AiRm, pc.:n - LZ not "rninoi 1-.1)A it ot 11 no cdi

aplic .hie to inovitT, (iodo .011 , 14 flOt 02.

111;',;

. ' H LEI 122.(.).2 permit c,, , ,- Aitications are pn , TAurally 'Active They I, cc tAt: c',A veiy ch:in X, v. Srpiihfield Foods, 191

,.3d 1999) 1.1' 1:iUdify CUL

tiOrt (1 a f0.i ii Ii , ella tim - of the Orders at linkl7n ,, "JCCOPTh.UICA. -,: with lit: tout iaodificauctu proco.. iff ii?)rnia 011 83 1231.

r 1 996) (holdh sett :Tient a.4.?,recinent containing interim ,„lid not

of P. ',::viaw0 ",,." issLwzd permit •--- in pact due to non-compl,ii cc public nofico

Rohm ck.:. ieo.s, 850 t 007 Ulti Cif, 1988) id.i.AD.tin btipulatiok

did liot.L.:-,11:unN the icr:IIN eta permit lux:rinse of ploccdu, al flaws which cumin aik:d opportunify

for public on); ()hi() Volley Enva, Coalition, hw, v, Apogec Goof "LC, 555 F.

Su. ' 6 ,10, 615 (S._) '

Va..2008) that compliance ortk, ;"

and rwrinit). DV could no nodify ;. IJITT) “nd in any event, the ph, diP ion5

I 1S 'Oct Hcl )l'OCeittlIc; , 10

.f.)11,1{M, cciou ; ',I;00: cml a 'uilaid and

tan.ls, As a result, Pro,yess to the Fut in.h.Eiroad Rivet is in vicdation d the turins °lib Permit

isstwd, unh and until in " /

13gF1e ! noise. . fl

N , C Cat,a In,ach flfl OH?? 33:.13 333:i c 3, 3 1LIC,33C33 ;iinn

Hith PC3n'''' .31? 1 `cc ot bUST#3? :`?Orth (,..??061.33: ??Id is an it ?,if

'3(011. Cji3)1H33? 1'0 A3333 - rgy toe,, is

.Noti h o th LL rice is a

ft:a of a

. Ith/Grk;„ and nOr5 in. p! .. f.-?Ht(.. -4.-tion JUte FrUlleil iroad Rma emmidits

ioi--;i:.r,,muu -

history i to prolix:- ftS 1011Co.

189), 1 (..'lmm1 v a fl flfl fi 5fl C t''( o ■

T'ic,nc.11

H VV:': ic: c,„ iv) j,,,;;; a non oi1 I p a11sW1001 .HR:, in 19 .99 which 010 umbrul.:0 oft ,J,nizalion S HY 201

( incl u ding 1 .iverkc(,H..: 4 , L,, The of amid support ill fi fi fl fl . ' to pro', %ryice and L ..o..t.nn.lunitir,:s

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pr OOT ; and for is,:;13e..; common in AV.iocrl“Tper pro s air's, ii ic hJI ulic bd heefISL'd ' V;;W, ;.erper

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oil y Martin North Carolin. ervnpaign Representative

club 3 ',Vail

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to ti Utt U1 th,UiIO 7Statcs 1 .10Asiet Court (oiin cc

0(j ) o f the (:V .A ., 33 HI 7 §1?:65(a).!),, iron 1a0 ,,, .,;rk0 will w(7.1.. injumlivc re1;02,

:aid atch thcrHici:Js On:: Court uow a a faihn•f:.!. to remedy CW.A vloiation:; 'birth in 1 ttCr ran ii tin rJ

dirrq ivil penalties of $37; per 0. U.S.(

you \vould n:.aticr arc: letter viola L: no:. , the

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