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State settles agreement over plans for public park in Asheville

State officials and an environmental group have successfully settled a legal challenge involving a property in Asheville that is being transformed into a public park.

In March, Enka Partners of Asheville, LLC, entered into a brownfields agreement with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality. The agreement allows Enka Partners to safely convert a former industrial landfill into a public park with greenways and ballfields.

State: work completed successfully to address asbestos at property in Davidson

State officials say work has been completed to protect a community from possible exposure to asbestos that was discovered on an exposed slope in Davidson.

Staff with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, or DEQ, and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services oversaw the work, which was conducted by a contractor for Metrolina Warehouses LLC, the owner of the property at 301 Depot St. The work, which started Monday, took three days to complete, said Michael Scott, director of the state Division of Waste Management in DEQ whose staff oversaw the work.

State coastal commission will meet on Feb. 8 in Atlantic Beach

The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission will meet at 9 a.m. Feb. 8 at the Hilton Double Tree, 2717 West Fort Macon Road in Atlantic Beach. The meeting is open to the public.

Items on the commission’s agenda include:

State directing work to address asbestos found in Davidson community

State environmental and public health officials will oversee work this week in Davidson to protect people from potential exposure after asbestos materials were identified coming from an exposed slope in the Mecklenburg County community.

State submits report on sulfur dioxide compliance in North Carolina

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.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Three local advisory committees to meet in January on shellfish cultivation

Local advisory committees for three coastal reserve sites will meet in January. The meetings are open to the public.

The meetings are being held to gather input from the committees and the public on the management of potential shellfish cultivation at the three Reserve sites where waters are open for shellfish harvesting. 

State officials find no evidence of impact on creek after Duke Energy discharge

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 renews coal ash landfill permits at two Duke Energy facilities

State environmental officials renewed coal ash landfill permits at Duke Energy’s Roxboro and Marshall steam stations Tuesday.

One permit will enable Duke Energy to expand the current capacity at the Roxboro Steam Electric Plant’s lined landfill by changing the landfill’s side slopes. The permit will provide storage for about 2 million additional cubic yards of material. The five-year operating permit will not expand the footprint of the 91-acre landfill in Person County.

MEDIA ADVISORY: State to hold public hearing on H.F. Lee Plant permit

 

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.

Public comment period extended for Duke Energy’s Allen plant permit

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.