Rains from Florence cause collapse at North Carolina coal ash landfill
Source: ABC 7 Chicago
Duke Energy said Saturday night that heavy rains from Florence caused a slope to collapse at a coal-ash landfill at a closed power station near the North Carolina coast.
Duke spokeswoman Paige Sheehan said about 2,000 cubic yards (1,530 cubic meters) of ash were displaced at the L. V. Sutton Power Station outside Wilmington and that contaminated runoff likely flowed into the plant's cooling pond. The company has not yet determined whether the weir that drains the lake was open or if contamination may have flowed into the Cape Fear River. That's enough ash to roughly fill 180 dump trucks.
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The coal-fired Sutton plant was retired in 2013 and the company has been excavating millions of tons of ash from old waste pits and removing it to safer lined landfills constructed on the property. The gray ash left behind when coal is burned contains toxic heavy metals, including arsenic, lead and mercury.
Read more: https://abc7chicago.com/weather/florence-rains-cause-collapse-at-nc-coal-ash-landfill/4250571/
A hurricane zone is probably not the best place to stockpile toxins laced with heavy metals. Especially near rivers that could overflow and carry such materials far and wide.
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Nobody.
This company should be sued for their lack of care with TOXIC waste. 
Since 1980 all companies and the federal or state governments are responsible for their hazardous waste.
Those who break the law go to jail and pay the cost of cleaning the site. This is perfect for EVIL ones to have to face JUSTICE.
I know the evil ones will roast in HELL.......
They don't give ONE FUCK about our environment! 
Same here in North Dakota Toxic spill after Toxic spill and the state gov. does NOTHING!!! We will be a total wasteland if we depend on FUCKING REPUGS!!!!!!!!
