Secretary's Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board (Archive)
This board or commission was previously part of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality but has since been disbanded or integrated into other entities. This archived page is provided for historical reference and transparency; it is no longer updated by DEQ.
Governor's Environmental Justice Advisory Council
On October 24, 2023, Governor Cooper's Executive Order 292, Advancing Environmental Justice for North Carolina, elevated the Secretary's EJ and Equity Advisory Board to the Governor's Environmental Justice Advisory Council. (Press Release)
The material on this page remains as an archive of the EJEAB activities.
"I challenge [the Environmental Justice and Equity] board, and all of you, to stand shoulder to shoulder with us and acknowledge that we all are responsible. You too must pledge to work for inclusion, demand equity and celebrate the diversity of the people of our great state. With that simple acknowledgment, together we will protect our natural resources, our economic interests, and our communities so that ALL North Carolinians will have clean air and clean water for today, tomorrow and future generations to come."
-Secretary Michael S. Regan, May 2, 2018
Thursday, October 12th at 3PM
Materials
Speakers Bios
Thursday, August 10th at 3 p.m.
- Meeting
- Agenda
- Materials
- Meeting Minutes
Thursday, May 4th - Quarterly Board Meeting
- Meeting
- Agenda
- Materials
Thursday, March 16th - Special Meeting
Thursday, February 9th - Quarterly Board Meeting
- Agenda (English)
- Agenda (Spanish)
- Meeting Recording
- Meeting Materials
- Meeting Minutes
Thursday, November 17 6:00 p.m. - Special Meeting
Thursday, October 13, 2022 - Quarterly Board Meeting
Thursday, August 11, 2022 - Quarterly Board Meeting
Thursday, May 19 2022 - Quarterly Board Meeting
Tuesday, May 10 2022 - Special Meeting
Monday, February 28, 2022 - Quarterly Board Meeting
Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022 - Community Outreach Subcommittee Meeting
Quarterly Meeting - November 30, 2021
- Agenda
- WebEx recording on YouTube
- Supporting Materials
Listening Session - Oct. 12, 2021
- Agenda
- Press release
- WebEx recording on YouTube
- Meeting Minutes
- Supporting Materials
- Title VI and Swine Waste Biogas System Permitting by NCDEQ: Connecting the Dots (by Ryke Longest)
- Digesters and Swine Manure Treatment (by Dr. John Classen)
- Overview of Water Impacts (by Kemp Burdette)
- CAFOs, Biogas, Environmental Justice and Health Impacts in North Carolina (by Sacoby Wilson)
Monday, August 23, 2021
- Agenda
- WebEx recording on YouTube
- Meeting Minutes
- Supporting Materials
- Presentations
- Biogas...The Case to Protect Environmental Justice Communities (presentation by Sherri White-Williamson)
Monday, May 24, 2021
- Agenda
- WebEx Recording
- Meeting Minutes
- Supporting Materials
- NRDC - Developing Visual Tools for Carbon Policy
- EPA Region 4 - The Path Forward for Environmental Justice: Serving Our Communities
- SELC - Petition for Rulemaking to Establish a Budget for CO2 Emissions from the Electric Power Sector and Join the REgional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
- Andrea Harris Task Force Subcommittee March 2021 Meeting - Dr. Robert Bullard presentation (YouTube)
Monday, April 26, 2021
Special Meeting to Discuss Zero-Emission Vehicle MOU
Monday, Feb. 22, 2021
- Agenda
- Division of Air Quality Update / Medium + Heavy Duty Zero Emission Vehicles Briefing
- Panelists' Bios
- WebEx Recording
- Meeting Minutes
Monday, Nov. 23, 2020
- Agenda
- Erosion and Sedimentation Control and Stormwater Programs and Robeson LNG (presentation)
- Introduction to Air Quality Permitting and Review of the Active Energy Permit
- WebEx Recording
- Meeting Minutes
Monday, Oct. 5, 2020 - Special Board Meeting
- Health Disparities and COVID-19 in EJ Communities presentation by Dr. Deepak Kumar
- Andrea Harris Social, Economic, Environmental, and Health Equity Task Force presentation by Emily Roach (NC Dept. of Administration)
- Meeting Minutes
Thursday, June 11, 2020 - Special Meeting
- Community Mapping System 1.0 and Public Participation Plan Update Presentation
- Clean Energy Plan - Equity Recommendations & Actions Presentation
- Video Call Recording
- Meeting Minutes
- Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- EJ Board EO 80 Updates Presentation
- Permitting 101 Presentation
- WebEx Recording
- Cumulative Impacts Presentation
- 2020 Census Environmental Justice Presentation
- Executive Order 80 Presentation
- Official Action Overview Presentation
- WebEx Recording
- Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Community Mapping Tool Presentation
- City of Charlotte Strategic Energy Action Plan Presentation
- Coal Ash Impoundment Closure Decision Presentation
- AFO and General Permit Presentation
- Overview of Executive Order No. 80 Presentation
- Livestream Video
Environmental Justice and Equity Board Statement on Coal Ash Removal (Feb. 15, 2019)
Environmental Justice Official Actions (Nov. 20, 2019)
Environmental Justice and Equity Board Recommendations on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (July 1, 2020)
Environmental Justice and Equity Board Recommendations on Development of the General Permit for Farm Digesters (Aug. 26, 2021)
- Response from Secretary Biser (Nov. 23, 2021)
Environmental Justice and Equity Board Recommendations on Biogas General Permit (Oct. 22, 2021)
Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board Leadership Letter on Wood Pellets (Nov. 22, 2022)
- Response from Secretary Biser (Jan 27, 2023)
- Attachment: Enviva Letter to DEQ (Jan 13, 2023)
Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board Letter on General Permits (September 9, 2023)
Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board Cumulative Impact Recommendations (September 9, 2023)
Materials shared with EJE Board for June 18 meeting
Atlantic Coast Pipeline (DEQ web page)
Documents provided to subcommittee by Dominion
- FERC EIS EJ excerpt
- Q4 Attachment 1-Updated Consultation Tables
- Appendix A: Communications with State Tribes
Mountain Valley Pipeline (DEQ web page)
Provided to subcommittee for June 25: