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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 NC0088307 Richardson 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. Cape Fear Public Utility Authority [235 Government Center Drive, Wilmington, NC 28403] has requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0088307 for the Richardson WTP, located in New Hanover County. This permitted facility discharges treated wastewater to the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway, a class SA; ORW water in the White Oak River Basin. Some of the parameters in the permit are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway. (Public Notice will run in The Wilmington Star-News on 6/14/24.) View Draft Permit NC0088307 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 7/15/24

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 NC0036196 Clark Creek 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 City of Newton [PO Box 550, Newton, NC 28658] has requested modification of NPDES permit NC0036196 for its Clark Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, located in Catawba County. This permit modification is for the reevaluation of total aluminum permit requirements. This permitted facility discharges treated municipal wastewater to Clark Creek, a class C water in the Catawba River Basin. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of Clark Creek. (Public Notice will run in the Observer News Enterprise on 6/13/24.) View Draft Permit NC0036196 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 7/15/24

There are four sets of NPDES MS4 Stormwater Individual Permits and Stormwater Management Plans that are under public notice. For the first set, the comment period ends June 9, 2024. For the second set, the comment period ends June 17, 2024. For the third set, the comment period ends June 28, 2024. For the fourth set, the comment period ends July 8, 2024.

IPS Industrial Adhesvies, Inc., 600 Ellis Road, Durham, NC 27703 has requested renewal of permit NCS000527 for the IPS Industrial Adhesives, Inc. facility in Durham County. This facility discharges to an unnamed tributary to Third Fork Creek in the Cape Fear River Basin.

Consolidated Metco, Inc., 780 Patton Avenue, Monroe, NC 28810 has requested renewal of permit NCS000324 for the Consolidated Metco, Inc. facility in Union County. This facility discharges to an unnamed tributary to Stewarts Creek in the Yadkin Pee-Dee River Basin

The NC Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public hearing on proposed shellfish leases in Craven County at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The hearing will take place in person at Craven Community College - Havelock Campus, STEM Building, Room 134, 305 Cunningham Blvd, Havelock, and virtually via Webex.