Containment and Clean Up for Dan River Coal Ash Spill Ongoing; Future Work Under Consideration

SUGAR LAND--February 20, 2014--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--A significant coal ash spill is still being cleaned up and contained near Eden, North Carolina. The spill was the result of a failed stormwater pipe running under the ash pond at the Dan River Steam Station. The plant is owned and monitored by Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK) (Charlotte, North Carolina). The plant went into commercial operation in 1949 and has been closed since April, 2012. An estimated 30,000 tons to 39,000 tons of ash were released as a result of the pipe failure. This is down from an earlier estimate of between 50,000 tons and 82,000 tons.