after the incident, duke energy was prosecuted by a number of agencies, and substantial evidence was presented indicating that company officials knew about numerous coal ash leaks in various plants including the eden facility and declined to resolve it or provide local plant administrators the funds they were requesting to monitor and mitigate the problems. at the federal level, duke was prosecuted by the united states department of justice environment and natural resources division and pled guilty to nine charges of criminal negligence under the clean water act. duke agreed to pay $102 million in fines and restitution, the largest federal criminal fine in north carolina history. duke also agreed to pay fines to north carolina and virginia ($2.5 million).