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Industry officials bash regulations during hearing (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: April 1,2011

In 2005, the state Division of Water Quality slapped Karla Knotts and her husband’s Pineville-based real estate brokerage company, Knotts-Greylock, with a $57,816 fine. The basis for the fine: A tire rut in their Greylock subdivision development in Matthews. In the eyes of the DWQ, the rut was a temporary stream that helped the development [...]


Public hearing set for Duke water permits

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: October 19,2010

The North Carolina Division of Water Quality plans to hold a public hearing from 7 to 9 p.m. today to discuss water-discharge permits for Duke Energy Corp.’s three coal-fired power plants along the Catawba River. The hearing on the permits, which are in draft form, will be held at Charles Mack Citizen Center in Mooresville. Duke is seeking renewal [...]