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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. State environmental officials must evaluate the comprehensive information and make a final decision to approve or disapprove the water supply plans by Jan. 15, 2017. State law requires Duke Energy to pay for either the installation of a new water line or a home filtration system.

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. Staff in the state’s Division of Coastal Management in Elizabeth City have moved to a temporary location at 401 South Griffin Street, Suite 300, Elizabeth City. Division of Coastal Management staff may be reached by calling 252-264-3901. Members of the public seeking a Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA) permit may now go to the 401 South Griffin Street location.

  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.

A state environmental program that has created thousands of jobs and pumped $14 billion dollars into North Carolina’s economy will celebrate a milestone in Raleigh next week. The state’s Brownfields Program recently entered into its 400th agreement with a prospective developer. The agreements create special conditions for developers to cleanup or mitigate contamination so a site can be safely redeveloped and put back into productive use.

WHAT: Public hearing on water quality permits for Duke Energy’s Weatherspoon Plant WHEN: 6 p.m. Dec. 8 (speaker registration starts at 5 p.m.) WHERE: Robeson Community College, A.D. Lewis Auditorium, 5160 Fayetteville Rd., Lumberton, N.C.

Officials with the state environmental department have extended a public comment period and rescheduled a public hearing to obtain more feedback on the draft wastewater permit for a proposed Brunswick County water treatment plant. Brunswick Regional Water and Sewer H2GO has applied for a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System, or NPDES, permit to discharge wastewater from a proposed reverse osmosis water treatment plant in Belville. The proposed facility will discharge to the Brunswick River in the Cape Fear River basin.

Local Advisory Committees for three coastal reserves will meet in December. The meetings are open to the public. The Currituck Banks Reserve Local Advisory Committee will meet at 9 a.m. Dec. 15 at the Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education, 1160 Village Lane in Corolla.   The Buxton Woods Reserve Local Advisory Committee will meet at 2 p.m. Dec. 15 at the Hatteras Village Community Building and Library, 57709 NC-12 in Hatteras.  

State environmental officials have extended the public comment period for a water quality permit for Duke Energy’s retired power plant in Chatham County. The federally mandated National Pollution Discharge Elimination System, or NPDES, wastewater permit is a necessary first step towards permanently closing the ash ponds at the Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant, which is located at 500 CP&L Rd. in Moncure. The draft permit includes requirements for all wastewater to be treated prior to discharging.

WHAT: Public hearing on the draft NPDES wastewater permit for the Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant WHEN: 6 p.m. Nov. 28; speaker registration begins at 5 p.m.  WHERE: Wicker Center, 1801 Nash St., Sanford, N.C.   State environmental officials will hold a public hearing Monday to receive public comments on the draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) wastewater discharge permit for Duke Energy’s Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant.