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The state environmental department notified Duke Energy today that it must submit plans to address the environmental impact of flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew on the H.F. Lee Energy Complex.

The North Carolina Marine Patrol is helping residents and emergency workers get to Ocracoke safely this weekend.

Officers are assisting Hyde County with checking reentry criteria at the Hatteras ferry dock.

RALEIGH – The state environmental department evaluated conditions at Duke Energy’s H.F. Lee facility on Saturday and determined that a minimal amount of coal ash – described as less than would fit in a pickup truck – was released from an inactive basin.