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Officials examine the damage overlooking where a storm water pipe broke and released coal ash from an unlined pond into the Dan River in Eden, N.C. Duke Energy said Tuesday that an estimated 50,000-82,000 tons of coal ash and water was released from a pond at its retired power plant in Eden into the Dan River. Duke said a storm water pipe beneath the unlined ash pond broke Sunday afternoon. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, ) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; NEWSPAPER INTERNET ONLY
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An undated photo of gullies in the coal ash pond at the Duke Energy Dan River Steam Station in Eden, N.C., show where coal ash flowed towards the Dan River beyond the far berm. Duke Energy said Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, that an estimated 50,000-82,000 tons of coal ash and water was released from a pond at its retired power plant in Eden into the Dan River. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, John D. Simmons) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; NEWSPAPER INTERNET ONLY
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A vortex of coal ash swirls in the gray waters of the Dan River at Danville, Va. downstream from the Duke Energy Steam Station in Eden, N.C. Duke Energy said Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2014, that an estimated 50,000-82,000 tons of coal ash and water was released from a pond at its retired power plant in Eden into the Dan River. Duke said a storm water pipe beneath the unlined ash pond broke Sunday afternoon. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, John D. Simmons) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; NEWSPAPER INTERNET ONLY
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In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 and made available by Appalachian Voices, what might be coal ash is on the banks of the Dan River in Eden, N.C. Duke Energy estimates that up to 82,000 tons of ash accidentally spilled into the river Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. Coal ash is the waste left after burning coal. It contains arsenic, mercury, lead, and over a dozen other heavy metals, many of them toxic. (AP Photo/Appalachian Voices, HO)
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A golden eagle flies above a wind turbine on Duke Energy's Top of the World wind farm in Converse County, Wyo., on Thursday, April 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Dina Cappiello)
