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Officials with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality and state Attorney General’s Office announced Friday that the state has issued an emergency declaration and will move forward with plans to breach Woodlake Dam in Moore County to ensure the safety of downstream communities.
State environmental officials are reopening and expanding their nationwide search for a director for the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries.
The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is reminding watermen they need to renew their commercial fishing licenses and permits by June 30 to continue fishing, or in some cases, keep their licenses.
The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is reminding fishermen that its Elizabeth City office has moved.
The state Division of Air Quality has awarded $180,986 in grants for projects to reduce air pollution from mobile sources.
The state Division of Air Quality has awarded $180,986 in grants for projects to reduce air pollution from mobile sources.
A warm autumn kept commercial fishermen catching and selling shrimp up to New Year’s Eve last year, boosting 2016 shrimp landings to the highest since the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Trip Ticket Program began in 1994. But overall, the 60 million pounds of finfish and shellfish commercial fishermen caught and sold at the docks was a 9 percent decrease from 2015. The total estimated dockside value of $94 million was about $700,000 short of the 2015 value.
Officials with the state Department of Environmental Quality are initiating the public comment period for a draft proposed water quality permit for Duke Energy’s Sutton Steam Plant.
Staff in the N.C. Division of Water Resources have honored 51 water treatment plants for surpassing federal and state drinking water standards.
A state environmental panel has granted Union County a certificate to transfer a maximum of 23 million gallons of water a day from the Yadkin River Basin to the Rocky River Basin to meet Union County's projected water demands through 2050.