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In this Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 photo, a fresh-water muscle rests along the banks of the Dan River as state and federal environmental officials continued their investigations of a spill of coal ash in Eden, N.C. Duke Energy estimates that up to 82,000 tons of ash were released from a break in a 48-inch storm water pipe at the Dan River Power Plant. Over the last year, environmental groups have tried three times to use the federal Clean Water Act to force Duke Energy to clear out leaky coal ash dumps. Each time, the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources has effectively halted the lawsuit by intervening at the last minute to assert its own authority to take enforcement action. In two cases, the state has proposed modest fines but no requirement that the nation’s largest electricity provider actually clean up the coal ash ponds. The third case is pending. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Steve Dahl, owner of the Perch Patrol, checks in with clients Lisa and Matt Johnson of Forest Lake, Minn. Matt is holding a walleye, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Jackie Lorentz)
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Visitor to Savannah's historic River Street watch a blaze in a warehouse at the Georgia Ports Authority Ocean Terminal, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. Burning rubber from the fire at the Port of Savannah sent up a towering column of black smoke that could be seen from miles away. The cause of the fire wasn't immediately known, but all port workers were accounted for and unharmed. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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FILE - This May 22, 2013 file photo shows vacationers enjoying the beach in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Tourism is an estimated $18 billion industry in South Carolina and a new season is gearing up the week of February 9, 2014, with the Governor's Conference on Tourism and Travel on Hilton Head Island, the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in Charleston and other events. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)
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FILE - In this May 24, 2013 file photo, the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Brass Ensemble performs as the audience gathers for the opening ceremonies of the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, S.C. Tourism is an estimated $18 billion industry in South Carolina and a new season is gearing up the week of February 9, 2014, with the Governor's Conference on Tourism and Travel on Hilton Head Island, the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in Charleston and other events. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2012 file photo, visitors walk toward the USS Yorktown at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Tourism is an $18 billion industry in South Carolina and a new season is gearing up the week of February 9, 2014 with the Governor's Conference on Tourism and Travel on Hilton Head Island, the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in Charleston and other events. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)
