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UPDATE: This press release has been updated to change the location and start date of the public hearing, and the deadline to submit public comments. The hearing will now be held at 6 p.m. on January 16, 2025, at the Chapel Hill Town Hall. Public comments will now be accepted until Jan. 23, 2025. 

UPDATE: This public notice has been updated to change the location and start date of the public hearing, and the deadline to submit public comments. The hearing will now be held at 6 p.m. on January 16, 2025, at the Chapel Hill Town Hall. Public comments will now be accepted until Jan. 23, 2025. 

***Re-notice for change of venue and hearing start time***

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Division of Air Quality (DAQ), hereby gives notice regarding its pre-hearing draft of the Second Ten-Year Maintenance Plan for The Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury, North Carolina Maintenance Area for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). 

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is accepting public comments on an analysis of smoke impacts in North Carolina from the 2023 Canadian wildfires. This analysis, called an Exceptional Events Demonstration, is intended to support DAQ’s recommendation that the state be designated in attainment with a stricter air quality standard for fine particulate matter.

NOTE: The public hearing noticed below has been canceled because the Division did not receive a request to hold a public hearing before the Dec. 13 deadline to submit a request. Comments on the Exceptional Events demonstration will continue to be accepted through Dec. 20. 

The North Carolina Division of Air Quality (DAQ) hereby gives notice of its intent to issue an Air Quality Permit to:

Pleasant Hill Compressor Station
2784 NC 48 Hwy
Pleasant Hill, NC 27866
Northampton County
Application ID: 6600074.24A, Permit No.: 09186T05

This facility applied for an Air Quality Title V Operation Permit which meets the requirements specified in 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 2Q.0500.

EPA comment period begins on November 14, 2024 and will run through December 30, 2024.

The North Carolina Division of Air Quality (DAQ) hereby gives notice of its intent to issue an Air Quality Permit to:

Pleasant Hill Compressor Station
2784 NC 48 Hwy
Pleasant Hill, NC 27866
Northampton County
Application ID: 6600074.24A, Permit No.: 09186T05

This facility applied for an Air Quality Title V Operation Permit which meets the requirements specified in 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 2Q.0500.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) invites the public to provide comment on two draft air quality permit revisions for Duke Energy. 

The Division of Air Quality's Outside Involvement Committee is a stakeholder group that includes DAQ staff, the regulated community, environmental groups and the public. The group meets quarterly to provide an opportunity for attendees to ask questions of DAQ staff and management on a wide range of air quality issues and processes. Staff will also provide updates on key changes or issues affecting the division.

The North Carolina Division of Air Quality (DAQ) hereby gives notice of its intent to issue an Air Quality Permit to:

Bridgestone-Bandag, LLC
505 West Industry Drive
Oxford, NC 27565
Granville County
Application ID: 3900009.24A, Permit No.: 02889T23

This facility applied for an Air Quality Title V Operation Permit which meets the requirements specified in 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 2Q.0500.

EPA comment period begins on October 30, 2024 and will run through December 16, 2024.