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Due to ongoing preparations for the approaching storm and the State of Emergency issued by Governor Roy Cooper, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore have postponed the interagency work group meeting scheduled for Aug. 30.

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 NC0004464 Woodland Mills 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. Polk County applied for renewal of NPDES permit NC0004464 for the Woodland Mills WWTP (4021 NC Hwy 108, Mill Spring) in Polk County. This facility discharges treated domestic wastewater to South Branch in the Broad River Basin. Currently ammonia nitrogen, fecal coliform, and total residual chlorine are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of the Broad River basin. (Public Notice will run in the Tryon Daily Bulletin on 8/30/23.) View Draft Permit NC0004464 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 9/29/23

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 NC0087122 Healing Farm 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. CooperRiis, Inc. applied to renew NPDES permit NC0087122 for their Healing Farm WWTP (101 Healing Farm Lane, Mill Spring) in Polk County. This facility discharges to Canal Creek in the Broad River Basin. Currently ammonia nitrogen, Fecal Coliform, and Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) are water-quality limited. (Public Notice will run in the Tryon Daily Bulletin on 8/30/23.) View Draft Permit NC0087122 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 9/29/23

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore will host an interagency work group meeting on Aug. 30 by web conference to discuss government authorities for managing threatened oceanfront structures. The public may listen by computer or phone.

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 NC0089923 Baxter Street Remediation Site 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. Charlotte Water, 5100 Brookshire Blvd., is excavating sewer right-of-way to install new sewer lines along McDowell and Baxter Streets, Charlotte, Mechlenburg County. They have requested to renew NPDES discharge permit NC0089923 to discharge remediated groundwater to a UT to Little Sugar Creek as surface waters of the State. The following parameters are water-quality limited: BTEX, Naphthalene, Acetone, Tetrachloroethylene (PCE), Trichloroethylene (TCE), Trichlorofluoromethane, 1,2,4 trimethylbenzene, 1,2,3 trichloropropane, 1,2-Cis-Dichloroethene (DCE), 1-Methylnaphalene, 2-Methylnaphalene, and Total Suspended Solids (TSS). This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations to this portion of the receiving watershed. (Public Notice will run in The Charlotte Observer on 8/24/23.) View Draft Permit NC0089923 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 9/25/23

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 NC0021024 Roxboro 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 Roxboro [P.O. Box 128, Roxboro, NC 27573] has requested renewal of permit NC0021024 for its Roxboro Wastewater Treatment Plant, located in Person County, the draft of which will undergo a 30-day public comment period. This permitted facility discharges treated municipal and industrial wastewater to Marlowe Creek, a Class water in the Roanoke River Basin. Some parameters in the permit are water-quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in this segment of Marlowe Creek. (Public Notice will run in The Roxboro Courier-Times on 8/17/23.) View Draft Permit NC0021024 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 9/18/23

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 NC0066991 Bethel Elementary 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 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 Watauga County Board of Education (138 Bethel School Rd, Sugar Grove, NC 28679) has requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0066991 for the Bethel Elementary School WWTP in Watauga County. This permitted facility discharges treated wastewater to Rube Creek in the Watauga River basin. Currently, fecal coliform and total residual chlorine are water quality-limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of the watershed. (Public Notice will run in the Watauga Democrat on 8/23/23.) View Draft Permit NC0066991 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 9/22/23

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 NC0071943 Boiling Springs 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 Boiling Springs has requested renewal of NPDES Permit NC0071943 for its WWTP (at 2556 Rockford Rd, Shelby) in Cleveland County. This permitted facility discharges treated domestic wastewater to Sandy Run Creek in the Broad River Basin. Currently ammonia nitrogen and fecal coliform are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of the river basin. (Public Notice will run in The Shelby Star on 8/17/23.) View Draft Permit NC0071943 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 9/18/23

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 NC0048879 North Cary WRF 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 Cary [PO Box 8005, Cary, NC 27512] has requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0048879 for its North Cary Water Reclamation Facility, located in Wake County. This permitted facility discharges treated municipal and industrial wastewater to an unnamed tributary to Crabtree Creek, a class B;NSW water in the Neuse River Basin. Currently CBOD5, ammonia, fecal coliform, DO, pH, total residual chlorine, total nitrogen loading, and total phosphorous are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of Crabtree Creek. (Public Notice will run in The News & Observer on 8/16/23.) View Draft Permit NC0048879 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 9/15/23