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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will hold a community information meeting on Tuesday, November 29, at the Community Center in Riegelwood Community Park.

The Division of Waste Management - Solid Waste Section will host a public hearing to accept public comments on Draft Permit 9226-CDLF-2020 to increase the daily acceptance rate and increase the service area at Shotwell C&D Landfill.  The landf

Division of Waste Management - Solid Waste Section will host a virtual public hearing to accept public comments on Draft Permit 7407-CDLF-2009 C&D Landfill, Inc.

RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is reviewing an updated volume estimate submitted today by Colonial Pipeline Company under the terms of the 2022 Consent Order. According to the document submitted today, Colonial estimates a volume of two million gallons of fuel released in the Oehler Nature Preserve near Huntersville, making it the largest onshore fuel spill in the nation.

RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has been notified that Mecklenburg County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Best approved the proposed Consent Order filed last week in its entirety. The order holds Colonial Pipeline accountable as the responsible party for the state’s largest gasoline spill, requiring the company to take specific remedial actions and pay nearly $5 million related to the August 2020 fuel release in the Oehler Nature Preserve near Huntersville.

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Solid Waste Section has prepared draft Solid Waste Permit - Permit Approval to Construct, 9809-CDLF-2004, approving new landfill unit Area 2, at the Wilson County Construction and Demolition Debris (C&D) Landfill.

Division of Waste Management - Solid Waste Section will host a virtual public hearing to accept public comments on Draft Solid Waste Permit 9809-CDLF-2004 Wilson County C&D Landfill Expansion.  The landfill is located at 2400 NC Highway 42 Eas