Press Releases

State officials have announced an extension to the second public comment period and a new public hearing date to seek additional feedback on a permit application from Malec Brothers Transport, LLC. The Division of Air Quality (DAQ) will hold a public hearing scheduled for 7 p.m. on May 15 at Acme Delco Middle School, 26133 Andrew Jackson Highway, in Delco on the Malec Brothers’ draft permit. The public comment period has been extended to May 18.

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality has reached a settlement agreement with a coalition of community-based environmental groups that will improve regulatory oversight of industrial swine operations and better protect nearby communities from health and environmental impacts. The agreement marks the resolution of civil rights complaints filed against the state environmental agency in 2014 and 2016.

Today North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality will introduce members of the Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board during a ceremony in the agency’s Green Square Lobby.

The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission’s Science Panel will meet May 3 in New Bern to review inlet shoreline change rates and draft updated inlet hazard areas. The panel will meet at 10 a.m. in the in the Bosch and Seimens AMC Building, Room 102 at Craven County Community College, 800 College Court, New Bern. The meeting is open to the public. Oral and written comments will be accepted at the meeting.

The state Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board will meet in Newton, N.C. on Monday to discuss the ground water standard for total chromium, health goal for hexavalent chromium and benchmark dose modeling for GenX, among other topics. To view the full agenda online, visit: https://files.nc.gov/ncdeq/GenX/SAB/SAB%20Agenda%204.30.2018%20FINAL.pdf.

The state’s Department of Environmental Quality recognized the newest members of its Environmental Stewardship Initiative (ESI) during the annual conference today for their outstanding commitment to environmental excellence.

State environmental officials today recognized the Leggett & Platt facility in High Point as a steward for its outstanding environmental performance.

The N.C. Division of Coastal Management is closing the Currituck Banks Reserve to the public from April 23 to April 27, while the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Wildlife Services program conducts an aerial wildlife damage management operation for feral swine on lands north of Corolla.

The State Water Infrastructure Authority will meet in New Bern April 18 and 19 at the North Carolina History Center at Tryon Palace, 529 South Front Street, in the Debnam-Hunt Board Room. The meeting is open to the public, with an opportunity for informal public comments.

The state Environmental Management Commission will hold a special called meeting this Thursday, April 12 to discuss final approvals necessary for an order that seeks to expedite coal ash cleanup at three of Duke Energy’s biggest power plants.