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.)
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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.
Local Advisory Committees for three coastal reserves will meet in December. The meetings are open to the public.
State environmental officials have extended the public comment period for a water quality permit for Duke Energy’s retired power plant in Chatham County.
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 are asking the public to provide input on the proposed draft wastewater permit for a Duke Energy Progress facility in Wayne County.
WHAT: Public hearing on draft cleanup plan for former DuPont Corporation site
WHO: Hosted by N.C. Division of Waste Management
The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission will meet Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at the Hilton Double Tree, 2717 West Fort Macon Road in Atlantic Beach. The meeting will begin at 3:15 p.m. on Nov. 30 and 9 a.m. on Dec. 1. The meeting is open to the public.
The chairman of the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission said he intends to allow public comment on a petition for rulemaking calling for habitat protections that, if adopted, would impact shrimp trawl fishing in most North Carolina waters.
With wildfires burning across Western North Carolina, state air quality officials are distributing a visibility guide for assessing health risks from smoke due to wildfires.