Press Releases

La División de Recursos Hídricos del Departamento de Calidad Ambiental de Carolina del Norte celebrará una audiencia pública el 27 de febrero en el Currituck County Center para escuchar comentarios públicos sobre la solicitud de certificación 401 de la calidad del agua relacionada con el proyecto propuesto del puente Mid-Currituck del Departamento de Transporte de Carolina del Norte (NCDOT) y la Autoridad de Peajes (Turnpike Authority) de Carolina del Norte.

The NCDEQ Division of Water Resources will hold a public hearing on Feb. 27 at the Currituck County Center to hear public comment on North Carolina Department of Transportation and North Carolina Turnpike Authority’s 401 water quality certification application for the proposed Mid-Currituck Bridge project.

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public hearing on proposed shellfish leases in Carteret County at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 13.

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission meeting that was planned for this week has been rescheduled for March 12-13 at the Hilton Garden Inn, 5353 N. Virginia Dare Trail, Kitty Hawk, N.C. 27949.

The North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources has been alerted to an animal waste spill impacting Doctors Creek in Duplin County.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality broke ground on its Reedy Creek Lab Campus renovation and expansion project today, a project that is expected to add new laboratory and public meeting space availability.

An issue that occurred yesterday with the NCDEQ Division of Marine Fisheries’ Observer Trip Scheduling System phone system has been resolved.

The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) will meet Feb. 26 and 27 at the DoubleTree New Bern Riverfront, 100 Middle Street, New Bern. The public may attend the CRC meeting in-person or watch online.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is pleased to announce the appointment of Dwain Veach as the new State Geologist of North Carolina. Veach will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Dr. Kenneth Taylor, who retired in November 2024 after more than 30 years of service.

The North Carolina Oil and Gas Commission will meet at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building in Raleigh.