Legal Opinion
City of Rockingham v. North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided December 18, 2012No. COA12-763PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEASLEY, Judge.
*230The City of Rockingham and American Rivers (Petitioners) appeal from an order affirming the final agency decision of Respondent Environmental Management Commission (EMC). For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.
I. Facts
Progress Energy Carolinas (Intervenor) operates a hydroelectric power-generating facility at the Tillery Dam on the Yadkin-Pee-Dee River. The Tillery Dam was constructed in the early 1900s. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued the license for this facility on 19 May 1958. This fifty-year license expired on 30 April 2008, and FERC has issued…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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