Topics Related to NCDENR

The Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Division of Water Resources (DWR) is requesting public comments on proposed changes to a portion of DEQ's groundwater classifications and standards rules.

The State Water Infrastructure Authority will meet Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 9:00 a.m., remotely, via teleconference. The public may listen to the meeting online by phone

Viable Utility Reserve Committee of the State Water Infrastructure Authority to meet Nov. 13 via teleconference   

 

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries recently certified two new state record fish that are also certified as all tackle world record fish.

A recreational fishing group has dropped a lawsuit that claimed without evidence that the state fisheries agency is violating the federal Clean Water Act in its management of shrimp trawling in North Carolina.

The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission (EMC) will meet remotely Wednesday and Thursday, November 18-19, 2020 by teleconference.

The Viable Utility Reserve Committee of the State Water Infrastructure Authority will meet Friday, Nov. 13 at 10:00 a.m., remotely, via teleconference.

The Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 on a proposed Special Order by Consent (SOC) for the City of Greensboro’s T.Z. Osborne Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) NPDES discharge permit.

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet by web conference Nov. 19-20, beginning at 9 a.m. each day.

As of November 1, 2020, the use of methyl bromide for log fumigation is regulated by a new state emissions rule and an amendment to North Carolina’s state air toxics rule.