Solid Waste News and Public Engagement

DWM Solid Waste Section Environmental Justice Guidance Document 

DWM Solid Waste Section Environmental Justice Workshop

The Solid Waste Section and DEQ's Environmental Justice Program, in partnership with NC SWANA, held an Environmental Justice Workshop on June 28, 2022. The workshop included the history and background of environmental justice in North Carolina as well as a panel discussion. Primarily, the workshop was geared toward environmental consultants who gather data, prepare EJ Reports, and craft outreach efforts. The training can be viewed at the link above.

• The Readoption of all Rules Administered and Enforced by the Solid Waste Section that began in 2014, as required by G.S. 150B-21.3A, was completed in September 2021.
• Drilling Mud Guidance (April 2018)
• Updated Guidelines for Environmental Monitoring Report Submittal
• Process for Recycling Post Consumer Recycled Asphalt Shingles (PRAS)
• Leachate and Statistical Analysis Rules Effective Now
• Safe Kids NC sponsors Operation Medicine Drop as a way to dispose of pharmaceutical waste, especially narcotics and other dangerous drugs.

Draft Permit 9226-CDLF-2020 to increase the daily waste acceptance rate and increase the service area at Shotwell C&D Landfill located at 4724 Smithfield Road, Wendell, Wake County, NC has been prepared. 

Public comment period on Draft Permit 9226-CDLF-2020 begins on October 30, 2022 and ends at 5:00 p.m. on December 14, 2022.

Public Notice

Fact Sheet

Public Hearing Information

Draft Permit

Environmental Justice Report

Written comments may be submitted to: 

Sherri Stanley

by email to: sherri.stanley@ncdenr.gov

or

by postal mail to: