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New rule may strip pollution protections from popular lakes

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WILMINGTON, N.C. – Nearly 50 years ago, a power company received permission from North Carolina to build a reservoir by damming a creek near the coastal city of Wilmington.

It would provide a source of steam to generate electricity and a place to cool hot water from an adjacent coal-fired plant.Sutton Lake became popular with boaters and anglers, yielding bass, crappie, bluegill and other panfish.

But coal ash from the plant fouled the public reservoir with selenium, arsenic and other toxic substances, endangering the fish and people who ate them.Environmentalists sued Duke Energy, which settled the case by spending $1.25 million protecting nearby wetlands.

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