Local advisory committees for three coastal reserve sites will meet in January. The meetings are open to the public.
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality has not found visual evidence of impacts to surface water after heavy rains caused the release of coal ash and wastewater from an impoundment at a Duke Energy facility in Cleveland County.
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality is investigating a discharge of stormwater at a Duke Energy coal ash facility in Cleveland County. Staff did not immediately observe any sediment or evidence that coal ash was released.
State environmental officials renewed coal ash landfill permits at Duke Energy’s Roxboro and Marshall steam stations Tuesday.
State environmental officials in the department’s water resources division announced today work has begun on a project that will stabilize the streambank beside the Town of Hookerton’s wastewater treatment plant in Greene County.
RALEIGH - The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality announced today that it has received from Duke Energy all of the permanent alternative water supply plans as required by state law.
Temporary offices in Elizabeth City are now open for staff in the state’s coastal and marine fisheries agencies. The former Elizabeth City location closed in early November for facility repairs.
WHAT: Public hearing on water quality permit for Duke Energy’s H.F. Lee Plant
WHEN: 6 p.m. Dec. 15 (speaker registration starts at 5 p.m.)
WHERE: Wayne County Center, 208 W. Chestnut St., Goldsboro, N.C.
Officials with the state environmental department have extended a public comment period to obtain additional feedback on the draft wastewater permit for Duke Energy’s Allen Steam Station.