Press Releases

Statewide monitoring shows that North Carolina continues to be in full compliance with national air quality standards as the 2017 ozone season ends today.

Reporters are invited to Wednesday’s 2017 Albemarle-Pamlico Ecosystem Symposium: Eyes on the Horizon where experts will lead a discussion on issues impacting the rivers and estuaries of the Albemarle-Pamlico region.

At the Department of Environmental Quality’s urging, Chemours will capture additional industrial wastewater with fluorinated compounds instead of releasing it into the Cape Fear River. The compounds were identified in an EPA report as coming from manufacturing areas inside the company’s Fayetteville Works facility.

Local advisory committees for seven coastal reserves will meet in November. The meetings are open to the public.

In a letter sent today to Chemours, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality informed the company that the state agency is continuing to look carefully at the Chemours wastewater discharge to make sure it executes remedial measures required by DEQ.

The state Division of Coastal Management has awarded more than $1.6 million to 14 local governments to improve public access to coastal beaches and waters for the 2017-18 fiscal year. “We want people to be able to enjoy North Carolina’s beautiful beaches and waterways,” said Michael S. Regan, secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality. “These funds will allow for much greater access to our beaches and waterways, which helps visitors and bolsters coastal economies.”

North Carolina has been named an Energy Stewardship Champion for a second straight year for helping local governments, state agencies, schools and universities save money and protect the environment with utility projects.

Senior officials with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality have directed Chemours to provide bottled water to nine more well owners near the company’s Fayetteville facility after the most recent preliminary test results show GenX above the provisional state health goal in residential drinking wells.

State environmental officials today recognized the Eaton Corporation, Youngsville Plant Operations for its outstanding environmental performance.

Secretaries of the state environment and health agencies today announced the chairman and the first meeting of the newly expanded Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board, which will examine a broad scope of potential impacts to human health and the environment from new or emerging chemicals.