Contacts for Media

Division of Air Quality

Public Information Officer for the Division of Air Quality: Zaynab Nasif, Office Phone Number: (919) 707-8446

• Air permits and rules
• Motor vehicle emissions and inspection program
• Odor issues
• Air quality forecasts, including ozone, particulate matter and pollen
• Air Awareness education programs

Other issues covered outside of Air Quality:

• North Carolina Climate Change Council
• Clean Energy Plan Development

Division of Coastal Management

Public Information Officer for the Division of Coastal Management: Patricia Smith, Office Phone Number: (252) 808- 8025 

• Permitting for Coastal Development
• Sea Level Rise
• Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change
• Clean Marinas
• Living Shorelines
• Coastal Land Use Planning
• Coastal Reserve Areas
• Coastal Resources Commission
• Grant Funding for Beach Access and Local Planning

Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Service

Public Information Officer for the Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Service: Laura Leonard, Office Phone Number: (919) 707-8233

• Recycling 
• Environmental Stewardship Initiative 
• NC Green Travel 
• Permitting Transformation

Division of Marine Fisheries

Public Information Officer for the Division of Marine Fisheries: Patricia Smith, Office Phone Number: (252) 808- 8025 

Hot Topics:

• Shellfish Leases
• Striped Bass
• Flounder
• Crab
• Shrimp Petition for Rulemaking
• Spotted Seatrout

General Interest:

• Saltwater Fishing Regulations
• Saltwater Recreational Fishing
• Commercial Fishing
• Saltwater Fishing Licenses
• Commercial Fishing Licenses
• Shellfish Leases
• Oyster Sanctuaries
• Artificial Reefs
• Coastal Recreational Fishing License Grants
• Commercial Fishing Resource Fund Grants
• Boating Infrastructure Grants (BIG)
• N.C. Saltwater Fishing Tournament (Citation Program)
• N.C. Governor’s Cup Billfish Tournament Series
• Fisheries Management
• Marine Patrol
• Marine Fisheries Commission
• Coastal Habitat Protection Plan
• Gill nets
• Trawl nets
• Ocean fishing piers
• Fishery Reform Act
• Sea turtle interactions with fishing gear
• Marine mammal strandings
• Coastal Swimming Advisories
• Shellfish closures
• Shellfish sanitation

Division of Waste Management

Public Information Officer for the Division of Waste Management: Laura Leonard, Office Phone Number: (919) 707-8233

• Emerging Compounds 
• Coal Ash
• Landfills
• Pre-regulatory Landfills
• Aboveground Storage Tanks
• Brownfields
• Compost
• Disaster Debris
• Dry-Cleaning
• Electronics
• Hazardous Waste
• Inactive Hazardouse Sites
• Medical Waste
• Mercury Switch
• Oil Terminal
• Petroleum Releases
• Scrap Tires
• Septage
• Solid Waste
• Superfund
• Underground Storage Tanks

Division of Water Infrastructure

Public Information Officer for the Division of Water Infrastructure: Cathy Akroyd, Office Phone Number: (919) 707-9187

• State Water Infrastructure Authority
• Statewide Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Master Plan
• Water Infrastructure Needs in NC
• Community Development Block Grant-Infrastructure program
• Clean Water State Revolving Fund
• Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
• State Wastewater and Drinking Water Reserve Programs
• Asset and Inventory Assessment Grant Program
• Merger/ Regionalization Feasibility Grant Program
• Applying for water infrastructure funding- applications, forms, etc.
• Drinking Water Infrastructure
• Drinking water Infrastructure funding
• Clean Water Infrastructure
• Clean Water Infrastructure funding
• Wastewater Infrastructure
• Wastewater Infrastructure funding
• Water Infrastructure Funding
• Funding sewer collection and treatment systems
• Funding drinking water distribution systems
• Funding water treatment plants
• Funding stormwater management systems
• Funding stream restoration

Division of Water Resources

Public Information Officer for the Division of Water Resources: Sarah Young, Office Phone Number: (919) 707-8604

• Water Quality Permitting 
• Water Sciences
• Water Planning
• Groundwater Protection
• Public Water Supply
• Operator Certification
• Animal Feeding Operations

Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources

Public Information Officer for the Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources: Christy Simmons, Office Phone Number: (919) 707-3645

• Dam Safety
• Stormwater
• Erosion and Sediment Control
• Oil and Gas
• Mining

Department Public Information Officer

Public Information Officer for the Department: Michael Cooper, Office Phone Number: (919) 707-8193

• Energy 
• Mitigation Services
• Correspondence