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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) will hold a public hearing on Aug. 12 in order to hear public comment on Mountain Valley Pipeline’s LLC application for a 401 water quality certification related to the proposed construction of 5.2 miles of a high pressure, steel, natural gas transmission pipeline in Rockingham County.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) will hold a public hearing on Aug. 12 in order to hear public comment on Mountain Valley Pipeline’s LLC application for a 401 water quality certification related to the proposed construction of 5.2 miles of a high pressure, steel, natural gas transmission pipeline in Rockingham County.

PUBLIC NOTICE N.C. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INTENT TO ISSUE NPDES WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT #NC0003417 Public comment or objection to the draft permit is invited. All comments received by August 11, 2025, will be considered in the final determination regarding permit issuance and permit provisions. PERMIT APPLICATION Duke Energy Progress, LLC, 526 South Church St., Charlotte, N.C., has applied for a Major Modification of its NPDES wastewater permit (NC0003417) for the H.F. Lee Energy Complex, 1199 Black Jack Church Rd., Goldsboro, Wayne County. The facility discharges industrial wastewater, groundwater, and stormwater to the Neuse River in the Neuse River Basin. Some parameters are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of the Neuse River Basin. Outfall locations: Outfall 001: Latitude 35°22’16”, Longitude 78°04’09” Outfall 002: Latitude 35°22.09”, Longitude 78°05.06” Outfall 002A: Latitude 35°22’18”, Longitude 78°03’54” Outfall 010: Latitude 35°22.96”, Longitude 78°04.65” Draft permit availability: View Draft Permit NC0003417 and Related Documents The draft wastewater Major Modification and related documents are available online at: https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings. Printed copies may be reviewed at the department’s Washington Regional Office. To make an appointment, please call (252) 948-3939. How to submit comments: Public comment on the draft modification should be mailed to: NCDEQ/DWR/NPDES Permitting Branch 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1617 Public comments may also be submitted by email to: publiccomments@deq.nc.gov . Please be sure to include “Lee” in the email’s subject line. Public Notice will run in the Goldsboro News-Argus on 7/9/25.

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0088587 Arcola Lumber Wet Decking Site The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) may hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of public interest. Please mail comments and/or information requests to DWR at the above address. Interested persons may visit the DWR at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604 to review the information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings, or by calling (919) 707-3601. The Arcola Lumber Company, Inc. applied to renew NPDES permit NC0088587 for the Wet Deck Log Storage Site located at 2316 NC Highway 43 in Warren County. This facility discharges to an unnamed tributary to Little Fishing Creek. Currently, no parameters are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in this portion of this unnamed tributary to Little Fishing Creek. (Public Notice will run in the Warren Record on 7/16/25.) View Draft Permit NC0088587 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 8/18/25

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0079316 Little Creek Resource Recovery Facility The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) may hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of public interest. Please mail comments and/or information requests to DWR at the above address. Interested persons may visit the DWR at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604 to review the information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings, or by calling (919) 707-3601. The City of Raleigh [PO Box 590, Raleigh, NC 27602] has requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0079316 for its Wastewater Treatment Plant, located in Wake County. This permitted facility discharges treated municipal wastewater to Little Creek; Class C-NSW waterbody in the Neuse River Basin. Currently Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Ammonia, TN, TKN, Phosphorus, Chlorophyll-a, and Conductivity are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of Little Creek. (Public Notice will run in the News and Observer on 7/11/25.) View Draft Permit NC0079316 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 8/11/25

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0088285 Dempsey E. Benton WTP The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) may hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of public interest. Please mail comments and/or information requests to DWR at the above address. Interested persons may visit the DWR at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604 to review the information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings, or by calling (919) 707-3601. The City of Raleigh applied to renew NPDES permit NC0088285 for Dempsey E. Benton WTP (2315 Benson Rd) in Wake County. This facility discharges to Lake Benson in the Neuse River Basin. Currently, Settleable Solids are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in this portion of Lake Benson. (Public Notice will run in the News and Observer on 7/11/25.) View Draft Permit NC0088285 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 8/11/25

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0088480 Pasquotank County Reverse Osmosis WTP The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) may hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of public interest. Please mail comments and/or information requests to DWR at the above address. Interested persons may visit the DWR at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604 to review the information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings, or by calling (919) 707-3601. Pasquotank County applied to renew NPDES permit NC0088480 for Pasquotank County Reverse Osmosis WTP (581 Foreman Bundy Rd) in Pasquotank County. This facility discharges to the Albemarle Sound in the Pasquotank River Basin. Currently, Total Copper and Total Residual Chlorine are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in this portion of the Albemarle Sound. (Public Notice will run in the Daily Advance on 7/11/25.) View Draft Permit NC0088480 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 8/11/25

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0025241 Mason Farm WWTP The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) may hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of public interest. Please mail comments and/or information requests to DWR at the above address. Interested persons may visit the DWR at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604 to review the information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings, or by calling (919) 707-3601. Orange Water and Sewer Authority [400 Jones Ferry Road, Carrboro, NC 27510] has requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0025241 for its Mason Farm WWTP in Orange County. This permitted facility discharges treated municipal wastewater to Morgan Creek, a class WS-IV, NSW water in the Cape Fear River Basin. Some parameters are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of Morgan Creek. (Public Notice will run in the News and Observer on 7/11/25.) View Draft Permit NC0025241 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 8/11/25

La División de Recursos Hídricos (DWR) del Departamento de Calidad Ambiental de Carolina del Norte (NCDEQ) celebrará una audiencia pública el 19 de agosto con el fin de recabar comentarios sobre el borrador de la renovación del permiso para el Badin Business Park, una antigua planta industrial de aluminio de Alcoa Inc. situada en Badin, en el condado de Stanly.

Notice of Public Hearing North Carolina Environmental Management Commission / NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources will hold a public hearing at 6:00 p.m. on August 19, 2025, to receive comments on the draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Wastewater Discharge Permit NC0004308. The purpose of the hearing is to give the opportunity to comment on the draft NPDES permit. Badin Business Park LLC has applied for a renewal of its NPDES wastewater permit (NC0004308) for its facility located at the intersection of NC Hwy. 740 & NCSR 1719, Badin, Stanly County, NC. The facility will discharge treated groundwater and stormwater to Little Mountain Creek (Class WS-IV) and Badin Lake (Class WS-IV, B; CA) in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin. This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin. The draft permit and related documents are available online at: https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/WaterResources/Browse.aspx?dbid=0&startid=3714… Printed copies may be reviewed at the Department’s Mooresville Regional Office (610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301, Mooresville, NC 28115). To schedule an appointment, please contact Andrew Pitner, Regional Supervisor, at 704-235-2100. These documents are also available at the Division of Water Resources central office, located at the Archdale Building, 512 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC, and may be reviewed at any time during normal business hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. To make an appointment to review the documents, please call Doug Dowden, Industrial Permitting Supervisor, at 919-707-3605. File materials may not be removed from any DWR office; copies of the information on file shall be made available upon request and copy machines are available for use upon payment of cost of reproduction thereof to DWR pursuant to G.S. 132-6.2. Public comments on the draft permit may be mailed to: Attn: Derek Denard NPDES Wastewater Permitting Re: Badin Business Park Permit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comments must be postmarked no later than August 20, 2025. Comments may also be emailed to: publiccomments@deq.nc.gov with “Badin Business Park Permit” in the subject line. Emailed comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on August 20, 2025. All comments received will be considered in the final determination regarding permit issuance and conditions. Public Hearing Details: Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 Time: 6:00 p.m. (Speaker registration opens at 5:30 p.m., onsite) Location: Gene McIntyre Meeting Room, Stanly County Commons, 1000 N. First Street, Albemarle, NC 28001 Google Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/LeuFzLkPTEsW3Z9TA This notice will be published in The Stanly News & Press and The Charlotte Observer on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.