Press Releases

The N.C. Division of Air Quality (DAQ) today moved to require Chemours to demonstrate within three weeks that air emissions at the Fayetteville Works facility can be controlled at a level that will halt contributions to groundwater violations. The requirement is included in a 60-day notice that was issued to the company informing them of the division’s intent to modify the facility’s air permit.

The N.C. Drought Management Advisory Council will use its annual meeting on April 12 to discuss the drought related conditions in North Carolina during the last year.

The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission will meet on April 10 and April 11 at the Dare County Government Complex, 954 Marshall C. Collins Drive in Manteo.

Two companies informed the state Division of Air Quality on Thursday they intend to stop fumigation operations at a facility in Wilmington and will not pursue an air quality permit that called for increasing the use of the fumigants at the site.

Officials with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality are seeking public feedback on the draft stormwater permit for a contractor’s work yard to be built in Cumberland County as part of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project.

Officials with the N.C. Division of Water Resources have announced the recipients of the state’s annual Source Water Protection awards that recognize individuals and organizations that take exceptional measures to protect sources of public drinking water.

The State Water Infrastructure Authority has approved more than $240 million in loans and grants for 127 projects statewide, all aimed at improving or replacing North Carolina water and wastewater infrastructure. Funding for this round is awarded through the Community Development Block Grant-Infrastructure program, the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan program, Drinking Water State Reserve program, Clean Water State Revolving Fund loan program, and the Wastewater State Reserve program, all administered through the Division of Water Infrastructure.

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality plans to hold new public comment periods and public hearings to enable feedback for two facilities seeking air quality permits in the Wilmington area. The new public comment periods for both draft permits are a response to heightened public interest in the permits.

Recent rainfall has helped to rid North Carolina of moderate drought conditions for the first time since last October, wiping out the lingering drought conditions in the western Piedmont.

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality will hold a series of information sessions on the proposed plan to use North Carolina’s share of a national settlement with Volkswagen.