Advocates Say CWA Ash Suit Settlement Boosts Disposal Site Closure Push

Environmentalists and Duke Energy have settled a closely-watched Clean Water Act (CWA) suit over alleged groundwater contamination from a North Carolina coal ash disposal site with a deal that the advocates say sets a strong precedent for closing other such facilities, but also avoids any precedential appellate ruling on the site's CWA liability. Duke and advocates announced recently that they reached a settlement in Yadkin Riverkeeper, et al., v. Duke Energy, with the power company agreeing to remove all...