Press Releases

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) will host a digital public hearing on Monday, June 15, 2020, on a draft permit for Active Energy Renewable Group. 

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission on Thursday adopted the state’s first two diamondback terrapin management areas, where terrapin excluder devices will be required in crab pots.

State recreational water quality officials today lifted a water quality swimming alert at aa oceanside site in Brunswick County

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is seeking input from the public on a draft spending plan for $7.7 million in federal fisheries disaster aid for Hurricane Florence.

State recreational water quality officials today are alerting the public that initial testing at an oceanside site in Brunswick County showed levels of bacteria exceeding the state’s and Environmental Protection Agency’s recreational water quality swimming standards.

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet by webinar starting at 9 a.m. May 14

Fifteen lucky fishermen won $100 each in a recent N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Multi-Species Tagging Program yearly drawing.

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet by webinar starting at 9 a.m. May 14.

The Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is extending the comment period on the draft permits for the two proposed Carolina Sunrock LLC facilities until June 15, 2020 at 5 p.m. and may extend further at the appropriate time.

The Division of Air Quality (DAQ) will host an online public hearing on May 4 to receive comment on the proposed rules to regulate emissions of methyl bromide at log fumigation operations. The public hearings initially scheduled for March 17, 2020 and March 18, 2020 were cancelled due to guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19.