NC regulators post video of second leaking pipe at Dan River coal ash spill site

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http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/going_green/2014/02/nc-regulators-post-video-of-second-leaking-pipe-at.html

The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources has uploaded a video to its YouTube channel showing damage to a second stormwater pipe at Duke Energy Corp.'s Dan River Steam Station, the site of a Feb. 2 coal ash spill.

A safety engineer raised concerns last week to Charlotte-based Duke Energy (NYSE UK) after viewing the video showing the pipe that runs under ash pond, a waste lagoon that holds the powdery residue of coal-fired electrical generation in a liquid slurry.

The Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources’ dam safety engineer, Steve McEvoy, saw Duke videotaping the pipe on Feb. 6 and asked for a copy, according to DENR. Duke gave the agency a copy on Feb. 11. McEvoy reviewed it two days later and then sent a letter to Duke on Friday about his concerns.

It’s the same pond near Eden where, earlier this month, about 27 million gallons of water mixed with coal ash drained into the Dan River after a 48-inch reinforced concrete and corrugated steel pipe under the unlined basin collapsed.

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