WHAT: Public hearing on water quality permits for Duke Energy’s Weatherspoon Plant
WHEN: 6 p.m. Dec. 8 (speaker registration starts at 5 p.m.)
WHERE: Robeson Community College, A.D. Lewis Auditorium, 5160 Fayetteville Rd., Lumberton, N.C.
Officials with the state environmental department have extended a public comment period and rescheduled a public hearing to obtain more feedback on the draft wastewater permit for a proposed Brunswick County water treatment plant.
Brunswick Regional Water and Sewer H2GO has applied for a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System, or NPDES, permit to discharge wastewater from a proposed reverse osmosis water treatment plant in Belville. The proposed facility will discharge to the Brunswick River in the Cape Fear River basin.
State environmental officials have extended the public comment period for a water quality permit for Duke Energy’s retired power plant in Chatham County.
The federally mandated National Pollution Discharge Elimination System, or NPDES, wastewater permit is a necessary first step towards permanently closing the ash ponds at the Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant, which is located at 500 CP&L Rd. in Moncure. The draft permit includes requirements for all wastewater to be treated prior to discharging.
Local Advisory Committees for three coastal reserves will meet in December. The meetings are open to the public.
WHAT: Public hearing on the draft NPDES wastewater permit for the Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant
WHEN: 6 p.m. Nov. 28; speaker registration begins at 5 p.m.
WHERE: Wicker Center, 1801 Nash St., Sanford, N.C.
State environmental officials will hold a public hearing Monday to receive public comments on the draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) wastewater discharge permit for Duke Energy’s Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant.
WHAT: Public hearing on draft cleanup plan for former DuPont Corporation site
WHO: Hosted by N.C. Division of Waste Management
WHEN: 6 p.m. Dec. 1
WHERE: Transylvania County Public Library, 212 South Gaston St., Brevard
The state environmental department notified Duke Energy today that it must submit plans to address the environmental impact of flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew at the H.F. Lee Energy Complex.
The state environmental department notified Duke Energy today that it must submit plans to address the environmental impact of flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew on the H.F. Lee Energy Complex.
The North Carolina Marine Patrol is helping residents and emergency workers get to Ocracoke safely this weekend.
Officers are assisting Hyde County with checking reentry criteria at the Hatteras ferry dock.
RALEIGH – The state environmental department evaluated conditions at Duke Energy’s H.F. Lee facility on Saturday and determined that a minimal amount of coal ash – described as less than would fit in a pickup truck – was released from an inactive basin.