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The N.C. Environmental Management Commission will meet May 8-9 at the Archdale Building in downtown Raleigh. Commission committees will meet Wednesday, May 8, with the full commission meeting Thursday, May 9. Topics to be discussed include a proposed rule on methyl bromide use in log fumigation, a petition to repeal the swamp designation for a portion of the Cape Fear River and an update on North Carolina’s Coastal Habitat Protection Plan. To view the agendas, please visit: https://deq.nc.gov/EMCAgendas2019

FF-15-2019 PROCLAMATION RE: SCUP - COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS - ATLANTIC OCEAN- NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS – OPENING OF SUMMER HARVEST PERIOD This proclamation sets the harvest period and limits for the commercial scup Summer harvest period, north of Cape Hatteras. This commercial harvest period will close at 6:00 P.M. September 30, 2019 or when the quota is reached, whichever occurs first. 

The N.C. Division of Water Resources will host a public hearing to gather comments on six draft wastewater discharge permit renewals for mines in Avery and Mitchell counties.

Local advisory committees for six coastal reserves will meet in April and May. The meetings are open to the public and scheduled as follows: Zeke’s Island Reserve Local Advisory Committee April 30 at 10 a.m. Fort Fisher Recreation Area Education Room 1000 Loggerhead Road, Kure Beach Bird Island Reserve Local Advisory Committee May 2 at 10 a.m. Sunset Beach Town Hall 700 Sunset Blvd. North, Sunset Beach

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is accepting public comment on an administrative amendment to the air permit for the Chemours Company Fayetteville Works facility.

The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission passed a resolution Thursday opposing offshore oil and gas exploration and drilling off North Carolina.

The N.C . Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) will host a public meeting and public hearing Tuesday, April 23, on the proposed coal ash beneficiation project at the Duke Energy Progress, LLC former Cape Fear Power Station. The hearing will be held in the Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center in Pittsboro.

The N.C. Climate Change Interagency Council will hold its third meeting on April 26 at the NC State Archives Building in Raleigh. The agenda will focus on Section 9 of Executive Order 80, including the development of the North Carolina Climate Risk Assessment and discussion with the climate science experts partnering with the state on that effort.

The N.C. Division of Coastal Management is offering two free workshops for real estate professionals, homeowners associations and property owners in May.

To: Interested Parties Date: Monday, April 15, 2019 RE: Comments of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and the North Carolina Office of the Attorney General    on Proposed Revised Waters of the United States(“WOTUS”) Rule Today, N.C. Department of Environmental Quality and N.C. Attorney General submitted comments on behalf of North Carolina in opposition to the draft Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.