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Public Notice of Availability of the DRAFT 2020 303(d) List and Integrated Report

Groundwater Quality Standards for the protection of groundwaters of the state are established by 15A NCAC 02L .0202. They are the maximum allowable concentrations resulting from any discharge of contaminants to the land or waters of the state, which may be tolerated without creating a threat to human health or which would otherwise render the groundwater unsuitable for its intended best usage as an existing or potential source of drinking water supply for humans.

Groundwater Quality Standards for the protection of groundwaters of the state are established by 15A NCAC 02L .0202. They are the maximum allowable concentrations resulting from any discharge of contaminants to the land or waters of the state, which may be tolerated without creating a threat to human health or which would otherwise render the groundwater unsuitable for its intended best usage as an existing or potential source of drinking water supply for humans.

The Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources (DWR) is providing public notice of a scheduled online public meeting and comment period concerning the applications for permits for four animal (swine) operations participating in a biogas processing project with Align RNG, LLC.

 

The permit modifications include three requests to install new in-ground, synthetically-lined and covered anaerobic digesters and one request to cover an existing synthetically-lined lagoon.

 

DWR determined that it is in the

The Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources (DWR) is providing public notice of a scheduled online public meeting and comment period concerning the applications for permits for four animal (swine) operations participating in a biogas processing project with Align RNG, LLC.

 

The permit modifications include three requests to install new in-ground, synthetically-lined and covered anaerobic digesters and one request to cover an existing synthetically-lined lagoon.

 

DWR determined that it is in the

December 4, 2020

 

December 4, 2020

 

December 4, 2020

 

Based on the level of public interest during the initial public comment period on the draft SOC, DWR will hold a remote public hearing. DWR has made changes to the SOC based on comments received, which include an adjustment to the SOC year-one compliance value, language clarifications, and the addition of a FAQ document to answer questions received from the first comment period.

RESCHEDULED: The 6 p.m., January 20, 2021 public hearings for Blue Ridge Paper Products’ proposed wastewater permit renewal and variance removal have been rescheduled for April 14, 2021.