Press Releases

The N.C . Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) will host a public meeting and public hearing Tuesday, April 23, on the proposed coal ash beneficiation project at the Duke Energy Progress, LLC former Cape Fear Power Station. The hearing will be held in the Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center in Pittsboro.

The N.C. Climate Change Interagency Council will hold its third meeting on April 26 at the NC State Archives Building in Raleigh. The agenda will focus on Section 9 of Executive Order 80, including the development of the North Carolina Climate Risk Assessment and discussion with the climate science experts partnering with the state on that effort.

The N.C. Division of Coastal Management is offering two free workshops for real estate professionals, homeowners associations and property owners in May.

To: Interested Parties
Date: Monday, April 15, 2019
RE: Comments of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and the North Carolina Office of the Attorney General
   on Proposed Revised Waters of the United States(“WOTUS”) Rule

Today, N.C. Department of Environmental Quality and N.C. Attorney General submitted comments on behalf of North Carolina in opposition to the draft Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The N.C . Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today issued three general permits for animal operations: the Swine General Permit, the Cattle General Permit, and the Wet Poultry General Permit. The revisions to the previous permits are increasingly protective of the environment and public health. The 2019 permit also includes measures to promote technology, efficiency and transparency in record keeping and reporting.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality will hold public listening sessions on the development of the state’s Clean Energy Plan, on April 11 in Elizabeth City and May 17 in Greensboro. The public sessions will include updates from the stakeholder workshop process and give attendees an opportunity to provide public comment on key energy issues.

The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission will meet April 17-18 at the Dare County Government Complex, 954 Marshall C. Collins Drive, Manteo.

The State Water Infrastructure Authority will meet Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9 and 10, at the High Country Council of Government building, 468 New Market Boulevard, Boone 28607. The meeting is open to the public, with an opportunity for informal public comments.

The N.C. Division of Coastal Management is closing the Currituck Banks Reserve to the public from April 8 to April 12, while the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Wildlife Services program conducts an aerial wildlife damage management operation for feral swine on lands north of Corolla.

A general permit for marsh sills, a type of “living shoreline,” is now available to people in coastal North Carolina who want to stabilize estuarine shorelines.