LUMBERTON — The state Department of Environmental Quality will hold a hearing at 6 p.m. Thursday to get public comments related to permits related to stormwater and wastewater runoff and drainage from the site of the former Weatherspoon generating station in Lumberton.

The hearing will be held in the auditorium on the campus of Robeson Community College in Lumberton.

The permits are being requested by Duke Energy as part of the company’s process of removing coal ash from the site.

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