Press Releases

Governor Josh Stein announced today that 27 counties across the state will receive more than $204 million in funding for 48 drinking water and wastewater infrastructure projects.

MOREHEAD CITY – State recreational water quality officials today lifted a water quality swimming advisory at a sound-side site in Dare County.

The North Carolina Solar for All (EnergizeNC) Community Advisory Board will meet on Monday, July 28, 2025 at 1 p.m. virtually.Members of the public may attend via Webex. An agenda and supporting documents are available on the Solar for All Community Advisory Board webpage.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is accepting public comments on a first-time Title V air quality permit for Duke Energy Premier Power – Novo Nordisk FFEx.

The Division of Water Infrastructure will conduct its Fall 2025 Funding Application Training July 29 – Aug. 8 at six locations statewide*, including an Aug. 8 virtual option that will be recorded and posted on the Division’s website.

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries today announced that the 2025 recreational flounder season will open in Coastal and Joint waters of the state Sept. 1 at 12:01 a.m. and close Sept. 14 at 11:59 p.m.

MountainTrue, a nonprofit conservation organization serving western North Carolina, is partnering with the NC Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to launch a comprehensive River Debris Cleanup Program to address ongoing impacts from Tropical Storm Helene.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) will hold a public hearing on Aug. 12 in order to hear public comment on Mountain Valley Pipeline’s LLC application for a 401 water quality certification related to the proposed construction of 5.2 miles of a high pressure, steel, natural gas transmission pipeline in Rockingham County.

The State Water Infrastructure Authority will meet in person in Raleigh and via teleconference (Webex) on Wednesday, July 16, from 9 am – 2:45 pm. The public may listen to the meeting online or by phone.

DAQ is now accepting public comments on a draft Title V air quality permit for Carpenter Co., an expanded polystyrene manufacturer in High Point, Guilford County.