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The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission Water Quality Committee will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 25, in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building in Raleigh. Members of the public may attend in-person or join the meeting by computer or phone.

Murphy Brown, LLC (P.O. Box 856 Warsaw, NC 28398) has applied for the NPDES General Permit (NCA200000) for the Murphy Brown, LLC (Farm 3509 & 3722), Facility No. 52-0008 in Jones County. This facility is currently permitted under an NC State General Permit (AWG100000); COC No. AWS520008 and applies treated wastewater to adjacent spray fields. Written comments must be received before the end of the comment period which is April 14, 2025.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) has identified elevated 1,4-dioxane levels discharged from the City of Asheboro Wastewater Treatment Plant to Hasketts Creek, which drains to the Deep River within the Cape Fear River Basin. 1,4-Dioxane is categorized by the EPA as a likely human carcinogen, or a substance that likely can cause cancer.

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 NC0086584 Belhaven 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 Town of Belhaven applied to renew NPDES permit NC0086584 for Belhaven WTP (662 Harbinger Rd, Linwood) in Beaufort County. This facility discharges an unnamed tributary to Pantego Creek in the Tar-Pamlico River Basin. Currently, no parameters are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocation in this portion of this unnamed tributary to Pantego Creek. (Public Notice will run in the Washington Daily News on 2/8/2025. View Draft Permit NC0086584 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 3/10/25

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 NC0020427 Rockingham 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 City of Rockingham (514 Rockingham Road, Rockingham, 28379) has requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0020427 for its WWTP in Richmond County. This permitted facility discharges treated municipal and industrial wastewater to Pee Dee River, a Class C water in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin. Some parameters are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of the Pee Dee River. (Public Notice will run in the Richmond Daily Journal on 2/8/25.) View Draft Permit NC0020427 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 3/10/25

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 NC0020605 Tarboro 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 Tarboro [P. O. Box 220, Tarboro, NC 27886] has requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0020605 for its Tarboro Wastewater Treatment Plant, located in Edgecombe. This permitted facility discharges treated municipal wastewater to the Tar River Creek, a class C; NSW water in the Tar-Pamlico River Basin. Currently BOD, ammonia, TSS, enterococci, dissolved oxygen, pH, total residual chlorine, total nitrogen loading, total phosphorus loading and total copper are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of the Tar River. (Public Notice will run in the Rocky Mount Telegram on 2/7/25.) View Draft Permit NC0020605 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 3/10/25

DWR will hold a public hearing on Feb. 27 at the Currituck County Center to hear public comment on North Carolina Department of Transportation and North Carolina Turnpike Authority’s 401 water quality certification application for the proposed Mid-Currituck Bridge project.

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 amended State Consent Order to the following: Lenoir County Public Schools (500 Abbot Street, Kinston, NC 28504) has requested an amended Special Order by Consent EMC SOC WQ S23-001 Ad. I for its North Lenoir High School WWTP, a 0.018 MGD WWTP that discharges treated wastewater to an unnamed tributary to Wheat Swamp in the Neuse River Basin under the authority of NPDES Permit NC0032565 but is unable to consistently comply with effluent limits for Fecal Coliform and Ammonia Nitrogen. The Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue the Order per Article 21 of Chapter 143, N.C. General Statutes, and other regulations effective February 1, 2025. Compliance with this order will require Lenoir County Public Schools to prepare plans and specifications for construction and operation of additional treatment works as well as sewer extension permitting to attain compliance with final effluent limits in Permit NC0032565. Lenoir County Public Schools shall comply with NPDES permit limits with the exception of the interim effluent limits identified in the Order. This Order will expire on February 1, 2027. 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. Public Notice will run in The Kinston Free Press on 1/30/25 Comment Period Opens: 1/30/25 Comment Period Ends: 3/3/25

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 NC0083038 Ardagh Glass, Inc 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. Ardagh Glass, Inc., Henderson, Vance County, applied to renew NPDES permit NC0083038 discharging to a UT to Martin Creek, Tar-Pamlico River Basin. Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Oil & Grease and pH are water-quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in this portion of the watershed. (Public Notice will run in The Daily Dispatch on 1/25/25.) View Draft Permit NC0083038 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 2/24/25

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 NC0069892 Andrews 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 Town of Andrews [P.O. Box 1210 Andrews, NC 28901] has applied for renewal of NPDES permit NC0069892 for the Andrews WTP in Cherokee County. This permitted facility discharges wastewater from conventional Water Treatment activities into an unnamed tributary to Dan Holland Creek in the Hiwassee River Basin. Currently, Total Residual Chlorine, Dissolved Oxygen, and Copper are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of the receiving stream. (Public Notice will run in the Cherokee Scout on 1/29/25.) View Draft Permit NC0069892 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 2/28/25