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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) proposes to adopt 15A NCAC 01V .0101 - .0107 “Decommissioning and Financial Assurance Requirements for Utility-Scale Solar Projects.”   This proposed rulemaking action is in response to the requirement for DEQ to adopt rules in G. S. 130A-309.24(j) and S.L. 2023-58, s. 2.(c).  The rules provide additional detail, clarification, and consistency for the decommissioning and financial assurance requirements for utility-scale solar projects in G.S.

On October 1, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published simultaneously a Proposed Rule and a Direct Final Rule entitled “North Carolina: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification and Incorporation by Reference” in the Federal Register under Docket # EPA-R04-UST-2024-0279. The proposed rule (FRL-12181-01-R4) provides for a 30-day comment period on the Direct Final Rule (FRL-12181-02-R4) North Carolina Final Approval on the State’s SPA application.

Meeting Recording: https://youtu.be/_GQvK5-szb8

The Division of Waste Management - Solid Waste Section will host a public hearing to accept public comments on Draft Permit 8807-MSWLF-1990 for lateral expansion of the existing landfill.  The landfill is located at 500 Howell Road, Brevard, NC. 

Event:  Public Hearing for Draft Solid Waste Permit 8807-MSWLF-1990

Date and Time:  July 2, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.