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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Division of Water Resources (DWR) is accepting public comment through Oct. 17, 2024, on the 2024 Broad River Basin Plan. Basin plans help state and local leaders identify areas needing additional protection, restoration or preservation to ensure waters of the state are meeting water quality standards.

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0086045 Antioch WTP The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) may hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of public interest. Please mail comments and/or information requests to DWR at the above address. Interested persons may visit the DWR at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604 to review the information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings,or by calling (919) 707-3601. The County of Hoke applied to renew NPDES permit NC0086045 for Antioch Water Treatment Plant (281 Goose Pond Road, South of Antioch) in Hoke County. This facility discharges into the Raft Swamp in the Lumber River Basin. Currently, total residual chlorine (TRC) is water quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in this portion of Raft Swamp. (Public Notice will run in the News-Journal on the 9/25/24.) View Draft Permit NC0086045 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 10/25/24

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0021954 CITGO Selma Terminal The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) may hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of public interest. Please mail comments and/or information requests to DWR at the above address. Interested persons may visit the DWR at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604 to review the information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings,or by calling (919) 707-3601. The CITGO Petroleum Corporation [4095 Buffalo Road, Selma, NC 27576] has requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0021954 for its Selma Facility in Johnston County. This permitted facility discharges petroleum-contact stormwater into an unnamed tributary to Mill Creek in the Neuse River Basin. This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of the receiving stream. (Public Notice will run in The Johnstonian News on 9/25/24.) View Draft Permit NC0021954 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 10/25/24

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0069612 Rowland WWTP The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) may hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of public interest. Please mail comments and/or information requests to DWR at the above address. Interested persons may visit the DWR at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604 to review the information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings,or by calling (919) 707-3601. The Town of Rowland applied to renew NPDES permit NC0069612 Rowland WWTP (412 West Leach Street, Rowland) in Robeson County. This facility discharges to Big Shoe Heel Creek in the Lumber River Basin. Currently total suspended solids, fecal coliform, total residual chlorine, and ammonia nitrogen are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in Big Shoe Heel Creek. (Public Notice will run in the Robesonian on 9/21/24.) View Draft Permit NC0069612 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 10/21/24

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0020664 Town of Spindale WWTP The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) may hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of public interest. Please mail comments and/or information requests to DWR at the above address. Interested persons may visit the DWR at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604 to review the information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings,or by calling (919) 707-3601. The Town of Spindale [327 Ecology Street, Spindale, NC 28160] has requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0020664 for its Wastewater Treatment Plant, located in Rutherford County. This permitted facility discharges treated municipal and industrial wastewater to Catheys Creek (class C waters in the Broad River Basin). Currently Biological Oxygen BOD, Ammonia, DO, Temperature, Conductivity, pH, Total Residual Chlorine, Fecal Coliform, Copper and Cyanide are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of Catheys Creek. (Public Notice will run in Daily Courier on 9/21/24.) View Draft Permit NC0020664 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 10/21/24

DWR employees working on the Walnut Creek Watershed Action Team received a letter of recognition from U.S. Rep. Deborah Ross, D-2nd, on May 15. This recognition was to congratulate the team on winning the 2024 Raleigh Environmental Stewardship Award on April 19 from the City of Raleigh’s Environmental Awards.

P U B L I C N O T I C E STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION 1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27699-1617 NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO ISSUE AN AMENDED CONSENT ORDER Public notice of intent to issue an amendment to a State Consent Order to the following: The City of Havelock (P.O. Box 368, Havelock, NC 28532) has requested an amended Special Order by Consent (SOC) No. S19-002 Ad II for its Havelock Collection System. The City was unable to consistently comply with sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) conditions as set forth in their Collection System Permit WQCS00104, and compliance will require collection system upgrades. The City is requesting an extension to the final completion date and expiration date established in the existing SOC. This Order will require the City to complete construction of all rehabilitation and upgrades to collection system infrastructure, and to achieve compliance with all conditions in permit WQCS00104 on or before October 1, 2024. The Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue the Order per Article 21 of Chapter 143, N.C. General Statutes, and other regulations effective October 1, 2024. Compliance with this Order requires upgrades and rehabilitation to sewer lines, manholes and lift stations. The City of Havelock shall comply with the collection system permit conditions and limits with the exception of the interim limitations identified in the Order. This Order will expire on February 1, 2025. A copy of the Order is available upon request by contacting Siying Chen of the Division of Water Resources at 919-707-3619, or by email at: siying.chen@deq.nc.gov. Comments on the proposed Order received no later than 30 days after the publish date of this notice will be considered in the final determination. A public meeting may be held if there is a significant degree of public interest. View Permit WQCS000104 and Related Documents Public Notice will run in the New Bern Sun Journal on 9/10/24.

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0074756-Greater Badin Water & Sewer District The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) may hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of public interest. Please mail comments and/or information requests to DWR at the above address. Interested persons may visit the DWR at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604 to review the information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: https://www.deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings or by calling (919) 707-3601. Stanly County Utilities/Greater Badin Water & Sewer District applied to renew NPDES permit NC0074756 Greater Badin WWTP (18 Sewer Plant Road, Badin) in Stanly County. This facility discharges to Little Mountain Creek in the Yadkin Pee-Dee River Basin. Currently biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), ammonia nitrogen, fecal coliform, total residual chlorine, dissolved oxygen, and mercury are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in Little Mountain Creek. (Public Notice will run in The Stanly News & Press on 9/8/24.) View Draft Permit NC0074756 and Related Documents Send Comment To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 10/7/24

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0089451-Former Cates Brinery The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) may hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of public interest. Please mail comments and/or information requests to DWR at the above address. Interested persons may visit the DWR at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604 to review the information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: https://www.deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings or by calling (919) 707-3601. Addis Cates Company, Inc. Parkton, Robeson County, has requested to renew NPDES permit NC0089451 to discharge treated groundwater to Dunns Marsh, Lumber River Basin. The parameters Sodium Chloride, Total Copper, Total Selenium, and Total Mercury are water-quality limited. This discharge may affect the future wasteload allocations to this portion of the receiving stream. (Public Notice will run in the Robesonian on 9/7/24.) View Draft Permit NC0089451 and Related Documents Send Comment To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 10/7/24

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