North Carolina has taken a series of steps to meet the more stringent sulfur dioxide standard that the federal government adopted in 2010 and maintain its full compliance with federal air quality standards, state environmental officials said today.
Local advisory committees for three coastal reserve sites will meet in January. The meetings are open to the public.
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality has not found visual evidence of impacts to surface water after heavy rains caused the release of coal ash and wastewater from an impoundment at a Duke Energy facility in Cleveland County.
State environmental officials renewed coal ash landfill permits at Duke Energy’s Roxboro and Marshall steam stations Tuesday.
WHAT: Public hearing on water quality permit for Duke Energy’s H.F. Lee Plant
WHEN: 6 p.m. Dec. 15 (speaker registration starts at 5 p.m.)
WHERE: Wayne County Center, 208 W. Chestnut St., Goldsboro, N.C.
Officials with the state environmental department have extended a public comment period to obtain additional feedback on the draft wastewater permit for Duke Energy’s Allen Steam Station.
A state environmental program that has created thousands of jobs and pumped $14 billion dollars into North Carolina’s economy will celebrate a milestone in Raleigh next week.
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.)
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.