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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 NC0077500 Cedar Island Ferry Terminal 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. NCDOT Cedar Island Ferry Terminal WTP, 3619 Cedar Island Road, Carteret County applied to renew NPDES permit NC0077500 discharging to Cedar Island Bay, Tar-Pamlico River Basin. Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Total Residual Chlorine (TRC), Total Copper, and pH are water-quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in this portion of the watershed. (Public Notice will run in the Carteret News-Times on 3/9/25.) View Draft Permit NC0077500 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 4/8/25

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 NC0086584 Belhaven 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 Town of Belhaven applied to renew NPDES permit NC0086584 for Belhaven WTP (662 Harbinger Rd, Linwood) in Beaufort County. This facility discharges to an unnamed tributary to Pantego Creek in the Tar-Pamlico River Basin. Currently, no parameters are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocation in this portion of this unnamed tributary to Pantego Creek. (Public Notice will run in the Washington Daily News on 3/8/25.) View Draft Permit NC0086584 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 4/7/25

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 NC0020338 Yadkinville 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 Town of Yadkinville [PO Box 816, Yadkinville, NC] has requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0020338 for its Yadkinville Wastewater Treatment Plant, located in Yadkin County. This permitted facility discharges treated municipal and industrial wastewater to North Deep Creek, a class C water in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin. Currently BOD, ammonia, fecal coliform, dissolved oxygen, pH, total residual chlorine, total antimony and chlorodibromomethane are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of North Deep Creek. (Public Notice will run in The Yadkin Ripple on 3/6/25.) View Draft Permit NC0020388 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617

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 NC0026646 Pilot Mountain 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. The Town of Pilot Mountain [601 Lynchburg Road, Pilot Mountain, NC] has requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0026646 for its Pilot Mountain Wastewater Treatment Plant, located in Surry County. This permitted facility discharges treated municipal wastewater to the Ararat River, a class WS-IV water in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin. Currently ammonia, fecal coliform, dissolved oxygen, pH, total residual chlorine and total copper are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of the Ararat River. (Public Notice will run in the Mount Airy News on 3/5/25.) View Draft Permit NC0026646 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617

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 NC0026433 Hillsborough 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. The Town of Hillsborough [355 Elizabeth Brady Road, Hillsborogh, NC 27278] has requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0026433 for its Wastewater Treatment Plant, located in Orange County. This permitted facility discharges treated municipal wastewater to Eno River (class WS-V waters in the Neuse River Basin). Currently Biological Oxygen BOD, Total Suspended Solids, Ammonia, Nitrogen , Phosphorus, DO, Temperature, pH, Total Residual Chlorine, and Fecal Coliform, are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of the Eno River. (Public Notice will run in The News of Orange County on 3/5/25.) View Draft Permit NC0026433 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617

The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission will meet March 12-13 in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building in Raleigh. Members of the public may attend in-person or join the meeting by computer or phone. 

Notice is hereby given in accordance with G.S. 150B-21.2 that the Environmental Management Commission intends to amend the rules cited as 15A NCAC 02B .0219, and .0226.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources (DWR) will hold a public hearing on April 22 to hear public comment on proposed changes to North Carolina’s surface water quality standards.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources (DWR) will hold a public hearing on April 22 to hear public comment on proposed changes to North Carolina’s surface water quality standards, including the addition of standard for E. coli as an indicator of pathogens, or disease-causing organisms, in recreational waters.

A water quality sampling effort launched in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene helped NCDEQ Division of Water Resources staff identify potential sources of contamination.