Press Releases

NC DEQ Statement on CFPUA April Data Sampling

The NC Department of Environmental Quality’s Director of Public Affairs Megan Thorpe released the following statement on recent sampling results from CFPUA testing:  DEQ’s staff has been in contact with CFPUA and local officials regarding recent data indicating notable measures of cumulative PFAS in groundwater. We share their concerns but realize that one data set does not sufficiently help us understand the cause or source of the contamination. DEQ plans to sample areas of concern and expedite testing results. To date, none of the results are from finished drinking water.

Secretary Regan, coastal leaders to host mayoral roundtable against offshore drilling

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Dare County Board of Commissioners Chairman Bob Woodard and Nags Head Mayor Ben Cahoon will host mayors from several coastal counties for a mayoral roundtable in Manteo on May 8.

MEDIA ADVISORY: N.C. Oil and Gas Commission to meet May 14

The N.C. Oil and Gas Commission will meet Tuesday May 14, 2019, in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building in downtown Raleigh.

State takes action to manage emerging compounds in wastewater

State environmental officials are requiring towns with pretreatment programs in the Cape Fear River Basin to monitor for a set of emerging compounds starting this summer.  

CORRECTION: State to hold public hearing on six draft wastewater permit renewals

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.

Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board to Meet May 22

RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board will hold its fourth meeting in Charlotte on May 22.

State to release sterile grass carp for hydrilla control in Harris Lake

The Department of Environmental Quality, in cooperation with the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission and Duke Energy, will be stocking 2,500 sterile grass carp at Harris Lake to control hydrilla, a particularly aggressive aquatic plant. 

NCDEQ Secretary Regan on Duke Energy’s Appeal

Regarding Duke Energy’s appeal filed in the office of Administrative Hearings today, DEQ Secretary Michael Regan said...

N.C. Environmental Management Commission to Meet May 8-9

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

SCUP - COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS - ATLANTIC OCEAN- NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS – OPENING OF SUMMER HARVEST PERIOD

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.