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Notice of Intent to Issue NPDES Wastewater Permit NC00034959 West Rowan High School

February 11, 2024, 11:59am - March 11, 2024, 12:59pm
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 NC00034959 West Rowan High School 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

State coastal commission to meet in Wilmington Feb. 21-22; Advisory Council to meet Feb. 21; State to kick off 50th Anniversary of CAMA

The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) will meet Feb. 21 and 22 at the Aloft Wilmington at Coastline Center, 501 Nutt Street, Wilmington. A public comment period is scheduled for 10:45 a.m. on Feb. 22. At the chair’s discretion, comments may be limited to 3 minutes per person. The Coastal Resources Advisory Council (CRAC) will meet Feb. 21 at 10:30 a.m.

Following the CRAC meeting DEQ will kick off the 50th Anniversary of the N.C. Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA) at 1:30 p.m.

Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0021628 Norwood WWTP

February 11, 2024, 11:59am - March 12, 2024, 11:59pm
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 NC0021628 Norwood 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 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

Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0021105 Mount Gilead WWTP

February 14, 2024, 11:59am - March 15, 2024, 11:59pm
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 NC0021105 Mount Gilead 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 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.

Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0082520 Pine Knoll Shores WTP

February 11, 2024, 11:59am - March 12, 2024, 11:59pm
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 NC0082520 Pine Knoll Shores 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 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

Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0031836 Fourth Creek WWTP

February 10, 2024, 11:59am - March 11, 2024, 11:59pm
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 NC0031836 Fourth Creek 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 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.

Public Comment Period Opens: Albemarle Corporation-NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0090212 for Albemarle Kings Mountain Mine

February 7, 2024, 11:59am - March 11, 2024, 12:59pm
PUBLIC NOTICE
N.C. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INTENT TO ISSUE NPDES WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT #NC0090212

Public comment or objection to the draft permit is invited. All comments received by March 11, 2024, will be considered in the final determination regarding permit issuance and permit provisions.
PERMIT APPLICATION
Albemarle Corporation, 4250 Congress St., Suite 900, Charlotte, N.C., has applied for a New NPDES wastewater permit (NC0090212) for Kings Mountain Mine, 348 Holiday Inn Dr., Kings Mountain, Cleveland County. The facility discharges industrial wastewater and

North Carolina drought-free for the first time since Aug. 8

For the first time since Aug. 8, 2023, there are no counties in North Carolina listed in drought status, according to the DMAC. However, all or parts of five counties were still listed as “abnormally dry:” Cherokee, Clay, Dare, Graham and Macon.

DEQ Releases 2024 Update to State Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Showing Continued Declines in NC Climate Pollution Emissions

Net emissions of greenhouse gases have fallen 38% between 2005 and 2020 in North Carolina, according to the latest update of the state Greenhouse Gas Inventory, released today by the Department of Environmental Quality.The inventory contains detailed estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in key source categories from 1990 to 2020, the most recent year for which historical data are consistently available. This update also projects GHG emissions through 2050 for the first time.Key takeaways in the updated inventory:

New phone system installed at Division of Coastal Management office in Elizabeth City

Telephone numbers at the Division of Coastal Management (DCM) office in Elizabeth City have changed. The new main number is 252-621-6450.