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March 30, 2015 By SEO Admin

Report: Duke Energy proposes building coal ash landfill in Eden, near Dan River spill site

Duke Energy and Eden officials are discussing a plan to open a Duke-owned landfill on the edge of town to bury some of the coal ash from the company’s Dan River Steam Station, the Greensboro News and Record reports.

New state coal ash regulations require Charlotte-based Duke (NYSE:DUK) to remove all of the ash stored at the plant, site of the massive coal spill on the Dan River last year, and bury it in lined landfills away from the river.

The paper quotes Tom Terrell, a private attorney representing…