We will be blogging individual articles from The League Line, our quarterly newsletter
Spring 2020 issue: http://bredl.org/theleagueline/Spring2020.pdf
Index to this and other issues: http://bredl.org/theleagueline/index.htm
by Judy Hogan
Since 2016 we’ve been in court to challenge the permits for
the coal ash dump in Brickhaven, which is located within the jurisdiction of
Moncure, in southeastern Chatham County, NC. Most recently Judge Lassiter ruled
in our favor against the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
(DEQ) and Charah, the company working under contract with Duke Energy to
deposit at the Brickhaven site about seven million tons of coal ash that's been
transported from the Charlotte and Wilmington areas.
Duke is also now building a STAR processing plant to make
the ash suitable for cement on the site of the old Cape Fear coal burning
plant. We know that the STAR plants pollute the air.
Charah
requested a delay in making their appeal to the judge’s decision because of
their financial problems, which was granted. So we wait. We’ve been holding
meetings on the first Tuesday of each month with EnvironmentaLEE, the BREDL
chapter in Lee County, NC. They’re still worried that Charah might use the land
they own in Lee County as a coal ash dump. Their county has never had coal ash
deposition. The BREDL staffer who works with us, Therese Vick, helps us keep
alert on both issues. Cathy Cralle-Jones of the Brice Law Firm spoke with us at
our January meeting. They’ve been very helpful.
