Topics Related to Public Hearing

DAQ will host the public meeting session to provide information and answer questions about the air quality permit application and associated water quality permit applications, followed immediately by the public hearing. Please note the public hearing is only for the draft Air Quality Permit. 

Removal of the supplemental Swamp (Sw) classification and removal of a portion of a water quality management plan from a portion of the Cape Fear River in Brunswick and New Hanover Counties (Cape Fear River Basin) has been proposed. A public hearing is going to be conducted to receive public comments on this proposal.  

This public hearing is being held to accept comments on Readoption and Amendments to 15A NCAC 13B Rules .0501 - .0505, .0508 - .0510, .0562 - .0567, .0601, and .0602 for Solid Waste Management - Incinerators and Other Landfills that are not subject to .0531 - .0547 for C&D Landfills or Section .1600 for MSW Landfills, which have already been readopted.  The hearing details can be found in the proposed rules notice here:

This public hearing is being held to accept comments on Readoption and Amendments to 15A NCAC 13B Sections .0100 - .0400, .0700, and .1300 for Solid Waste Management. The hearing details can be found in the proposed rules notice here:

15A NCAC 13B .0100 - .0700 and .1300 (except .0531-.0547) Solid Waste Management

A copy of the proposed SOC may also be viewed at the following location & additional information concerning the proposed SOC may be obtained by contacting:

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Out of an abundance of caution, to address protective measures to help prevent the spread of COVID19, the Department of  Environmental Quality, Division of Waste Management, Solid Waste Section is scheduling a digital public hearing to accept public comment on Draft Permit 7304-MSWLF-1997.

Time and Date: Tuesday July 21, 2020, 6:00 P.M. Participants can join the meeting starting at 5:45 P.M.

Upper Piedmont Regional MSWLF Landfill, Permit 7304-MSWLF-1997: Public Notice

Event #  161 814 3878

Event PW: asheville

Audio Conf. 1-415-655-0003

Access Code: 161 814 3878

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