Press Releases

Secretary Michael Regan of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality has named Tim Baumgartner as director of the agency’s Division of Mitigation Services.

As part of its ongoing investigation, state officials today released new data for GenX concentrations in water samples collected July 12 and 13 in the Cape Fear River.

State officials with N.C. Division of Coastal Management are making available more than $115,000 in grant funding for marinas to install, repair and renovate sewage pump-out stations.

Officials with the N.C. Division of Water Resources are reminding people to avoid contact with an algal bloom that continues to develop in Fontana Lake.

State officials today released their first results of water quality samples and an updated preliminary health assessment for concentrations of the unregulated compound GenX in finished, or treated, drinking water.

Officials with the N.C. Division of Water Resources will host two public hearings to obtain community feedback on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC’s application for a state water quality certification and buffer authorization as required by the federal Clean Water Act and state riparian buffer rules.

Officials with the N.C. Division of Water Resources will host two public hearings to obtain community feedback on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC’s application for a state water quality certification and buffer authorization as required by the federal Clean Water Act and state riparian buffer rules.

RALEIGH – Officials with the N.C.

DEQ Secretary Michael Regan is directing a state panel to provide science-based guidance that can be used to address the recently announced performance standard for chromium in groundwater.

State environmental officials have issued a permit that will allow Duke Energy to start disposing of coal ash at a new lined landfill proposed for the utility’s Sutton Steam Station in Wilmington.