Violation issued at NC clay mine to be filled with coal ash

RALEIGH – North Carolina regulators say the owner of an open-pit mine in Chatham County being prepared to hold coal ash started construction without a required state permit.

The state Department of Environment and Natural Resources said Tuesday it had issued a notice of violation to Green Meadow LLC, a landholding company tied to Charah Inc. That Kentucky-based waste-handling firm plans to fill the former Brickhaven mine in Moncure with coal ash removed from several Duke Energy dumps that are set to be closed.