Press Releases

Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board to hold a virtual special meeting May 10

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board will hold a special meeting via WebEx on Tuesday, May 10 on the topic of cumulative impacts.  Members of the public are welcome to participate online

DAQ Accepting Grant Applications for DC Fast Charger Upgrades under Phase 2 of Volkswagen Settlement

The Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is now accepting grant applications for DC Fast charging infrastructure upgrades under Phase 2 of the Volkswagen Mitigation Plan.

FY 2023 Marine Fisheries license sales/renewal period begins April 18

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will begin renewing commercial fishing, seafood dealer, and for-hire licenses and permits on April 18.

Recreational black sea bass season reopens May 15 North of Cape Hatteras with new regulations

The recreational black sea bass fishing season will open May 15 in both federal and North Carolina waters north of Cape Hatteras.

REMINDER: DEQ will host two additional public meetings on Digester System General Permits in April

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)’s Division of Water Resources is holding two additional public meetings in April on draft Animal Waste Management Digester System General Permits. In addition to two held this week in Sampson and Duplin counties, a third meeting will be held in-person and a fourth will be online via Webex. Members of the public are invited to attend and submit comments on the draft permits.

MEDIA ADVISORY: State Water Infrastructure Authority to meet April 13-14 in Asheboro and via WebEx

The State Water Infrastructure Authority will meet in Asheboro on Wednesday, April 13 and Thursday, April 14. The public may listen to the meeting online or by phone.

DAQ Settlement Requires Chemours To Further Limit GenX Emissions And Conduct Additional Testing

As part of a settlement signed today with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ), Chemours has agreed to further limit GenX emissions, conduct additional testing and pay the penalty assessed last year by DAQ.

REMINDER: Division of Marine Fisheries accepting applications for Hurricane Florence relief

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is accepting applications for the Federally Funded Fishery Disaster Relief Program for Hurricane Florence.

Various readopted marine fisheries rules take effect today

Forty-three readopted fisheries rules become effective today, but fishermen will see very little change.

Commercial Fishing Resource Fund committees seek proposals for 2022 cycle

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Commercial Resource Fund Committee and the Funding Committee for the N.C. Commercial Fishing Resource Fund will begin accepting applications on April 1 for the 2022 funding cycle from the N.C. Commercial Fishing Resource Fund.