The state held a public hearing Wednesday night on the proposed plan for coal ash disposal near the Dan River spill. Attendance was light in Eden, but opinions were strong.
About 42 people showed up to the hearing, one of several being held by the state Department of Environmental Quality.
DEQ is reviewing Duke Energy's plans for the timeline and method to clean up coal ash across the state.
The News and Record of Greensboro reports the majority of speakers opposed the plan to build a lined landfill in their community.
Distrust of the utility was a theme echoed by many of those who spoke.
They told officials Duke knew or should have known that its underground drainage network needed repair before coal ash was spilled into the Dan River.
Speakers also denounced the prospect that Eden might become a dumping ground for waste from other communities.
Officials reassured attendees that Duke Energy says the facility will only accept ash stored at the shuttered Eden plant.
DEQ is holding its next public hearing Thursday night in Danbury, to discuss waste from the Belews Creek station.
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