RALEIGH — A plea and sentencing hearing has been set for Duke Energy Business Services LLC, Duke Energy Progress, Inc., and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC for 10 a.m. on April 16 in the federal courthouse in Greenville. The companies were charged with multiple violations of the Clean Water Act.
Persons directly and proximately harmed as a result of the conduct charged in this matter may have rights under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act. See 18 U.S.C. § 3771. If you believe that you are a crime victim in this matter, please contact the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina at USANCE.CrimeVictimsRightsAct@usdoj.gov no later than March 26, 2015.
The U.S. Attorney’s Offices will have no further comment on this matter until after court proceedings.
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