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♦ 2015 consent decree in a case against Duke Energy for violation of the Clean Air Act in <br />N.C. Settlement of the case included $4.4 million for mitigation of the air quality impacts <br />in communities around the Duke Energy's polluting coal -fired power plants. <br />1 2014 settlement requiring installation of upgraded air pollution controls and emissions <br />monitoring at nitrogen fertilizer plants in Aurora, N.C. <br />♦ 2014 consent agreement in an enforcement action against Duke Energy for Clean <br />Water Act violations caused by the Dan River coal ash spill. In addition to penalties, EPA <br />required Duke Energy to enter into a $3 million cleanup agreement. <br />♦ 2013 settlement with the City of Wilmington and New Hanover County for Clean <br />Water Act violations including unauthorized discharges of untreated sewage. <br />1 2010 settlement of Clean Water Act construction stormwater violations by <br />homebuilder Beazer Homes USA, Inc. at construction sites in 21 states including North <br />Carolina. <br />1 2002 criminal conviction of the owner of Carolina Upgrading of S.C. Inc., a company <br />that falsified more than 1,500 inspection /leak detection reports on underground <br />storage tanks at gasoline stations and other facilities in Florida, Georgia, North and <br />South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. <br />♦ 2002 guilty plea by Lakeview Packing Company, a hog slaughter and processing <br />company, for Clean Water Act violations. The company intentionally discharged 30,000 <br />gallons per day of process waste through a drain pipe into a marsh connected to a <br />tributary of the Neuse River. <br />2. N.C. ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS <br />CURRENT FEDERAL GRANTS (ACTUAL) TO N.C. ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS, AND PROPOSED <br />CUTS (BASED ON PUBLISHED REPORTS) <br />The charts below show the amount of the most recent federal grants received by DEQ <br />environmental protection programs (as shown in the 0 "1: I� ................ � . ); the percentage of the total <br />DEQ program budget the federal grant represents; and the federal reduction now reportedly <br />under discussion. The charts below are approximations based on numbers in the N.C. state <br />budget, available on the N.C. Office of Budget & Management website. A question mark <br />indicates uncertainty about the impact of proposed federal budget reductions. <br />Estimates are based on media reports of planned Trump administration budget cuts, in <br />reference to the 2017 certified budget for N.C. environmental programs. All of the federal <br />grant funds shown come through the EPA budget except for the coastal management grants. <br />Page 3 of 7 <br />