Mealey's (November 9, 2020, 1:17 PM EST) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge in North Carolina on Nov. 6 approved a settlement among Duke Energy Carolinas LLC, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), the state of North Carolina and the secretary of the Virginia Department of Natural Resources to resolve a lawsuit brought under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act over natural resource damages that resulted from a spill of coal ash wastewater in February 2014, finding that the terms of the agreement are fair and reasonable....