Press Releases

ADVISORY: State reschedules public meeting on draft swine waste management permit

NOTE: BELOW ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN AMENDED, LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT/LOCATION AVAILABLE HERE

MEDIA ADVISORY: North Carolina Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board to meet Oct. 22

The state Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board will meet on Monday in Raleigh to discuss the board’s GenX report, as well as emerging contaminants methyl bromide, hexavalent chromium and trichloroethylene.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Nine coastal reserve sites to hold local advisory committee meetings in October and November

Local advisory committees for nine coastal reserves will meet in November and December. The meetings are open to the public.

RELEASE: DEQ Completes Permanent Replacement of Water Supplies at Coal Ash Sites

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced today that permanent replacement water supplies have been provided to all eligible households near Duke Energy coal ash facilities in North Carolina.  DEQ required Duke Energy to provide eligible households at fourteen coal ash locations with a connection to a public water supply or a new water filtration system by the deadline of October 15, 2018 set forth in the Coal Ash Management Act. 

Emergency CAMA General Permit amended to include recovery activities associated with Tropical Storm Michael

Coastal property owners who need to replace docks, piers, bulkheads or similar structures damaged by Tropical Storm Michael along sounds, rivers and creeks may be authorized to do so more quickly through an amended emergency general permit offered by the N.C. Division of Coastal Management.

Permanent Replacement of Water Supplies at Coal Ash Sites

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced today that permanent replacement water supplies have been provided to all eligible households near Duke Energy coal ash facilities in North Carolina.  DEQ required Duke Energy to provide eligible households at fourteen coal ash locations with a connection to a public water supply or a new water filtration system by the deadline of October 15, 2018 set forth in the Coal Ash Management Act. 

Public Hearing on draft permit for Enviva Pellets Hamlet facility on Nov. 8

The N.C . Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) will host a public meeting and public hearing on Thursday, November 8, 2018, on a draft permit for Enviva Pellets Hamlet, LLC. 

MEDIA ADVISORY: N.C. Environmental Management Commission meetings set for Oct. 9-10

The N.C. Environmental Management Commission will meet this week at the Archdale Building in downtown Raleigh. 

MEMO: First Results from Sutton Facility Water Sampling

MEMO To: Interested Parties From: Megan Thorpe, Communications Director RE: Sutton Facility Sampling Results  Today, the Department of Environmental Quality posted results from water quality tests conducted on water samples taken from Duke’s Sutton facility, located near Wilmington, North Carolina on the Cape Fear River. 

MEMO: First results from Duke’s H.F. Lee facility

To: Interested Parties From: Megan Thorpe, Communications Director, NC DEQ RE: First results from Duke’s H.F. Lee facility DEQ's Division of Water Resources staff took water samples at three locations at the H.F. Lee facility on Sept. 23: upstream, downstream and from a nearby railroad trestle at the Neuse River.