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The Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) is lifting an advisory for fishing and recreational activity in a portion of Swift Creek in Craven County, after sample analysis showed water quality contamination from an animal waste spill has cleared.

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0003174 Fulcher’s Point Pride 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. Fulcher’s Point Pride, Inc. requests to renew NPDES permit NC0003174 for its seafood processing/packing operations, 101 South Avenue, Oriental, Pamlico County, discharging wastewater into Gideon Creek [Oriental Harbor], Neuse River Basin. Currently, Total Residual Chlorine (TRC), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Dissolved Oxygen, pH, and Oil & Grease are water-quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in this portion of the Neuse River Basin. DWR will consider all written comments on this draft if received within 30 days of this notice. Public Notice will run in The Pamlico News on 5/16/24.) View Draft Permit NC0003174 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 6/17/24

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0074306 Town of Forest City 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 Forest City applied to renew NPDES permit NC0074306 for the Town of Forest City WTP (518 Vance Street, Forest City) in Rutherford County. This facility discharges to an unnamed tributary of Second Broad River in the Broad River Basin. Currently, total residual chlorine (TRC) is water quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in this portion of the unnamed tributary of Second Broad River. (Public Notice will run in The Daily Courier on 5/16/24.) View Draft Permit NC0074306 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 6/17/24

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0070033 Quail Run Mobile Home Park WWTP-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. Quail Run MHP Pads LLC [113 Center St Suite 201, Lexington, NC 27292] has applied for renewal of NPDES permit NC0070033 for Quail Run Mobile Home Park WWTP in Davidson County. The permitted facility discharges treated domestic wastewater to Miller Creek in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin. Currently ammonia nitrogen, total residual chlorine, and fecal coliform are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of Miller Creek. (Public Notice will run in The Dispatch on 5/16/24.) View Draft Permit NC0070033 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 6/17/24

The DWR Water Resources Development Grant Program provides funding for water restoration projects and to boost access to water-based recreation resources across North Carolina.

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission Division of Water Resources/Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Reissue NPDES General Wastewater Permit NCG590000 The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to reissue the following NPDES wastewater general permit: NPDES General Permit No. NCG590000 for the discharge of drinking water system effluent (wastewaters) from greensand and conventional type water treatment facilities. Written comments regarding the proposed modified general 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 to review information on file. Additional information on this notice may be found on our website at: https://www.deq.nc.gov/news/events/notice-intent-reissue-npdes-general-… For questions or comments about the NPDES General Permit NCG590000 for the discharge of drinking water system effluent (wastewaters) from greensand and conventional type water treatment facilities, please contact Sydney Deuterman via e-mail at sydney.deuterman@deq.nc.gov

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) has approved a permit for the Clear Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Henderson County. The final permit was updated from the draft version to include more restrictive limits for certain pollutants and a limit on the plant’s maximum sewage treatment capacity.

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 NC0086924 Tyrrell 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. Tyrrell County [PO Box 449, Columbia, NC 27925] has requested renewal of permit NC0086924 for Tyrrell County Reverse Osmosis WTP [3868 Albemarle Church Rd] located in Tyrrell County. This permitted facility discharges treated reverse osmosis reject wastewater to Bull Bay in the Pasquotank River Basin. Currently, Total Residual Chlorine, Total Copper, and Total Zinc are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of Bull Bay. (Public Notice will run in The Coastland Times on 5/5/24.) View Draft Permit NC0086924 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 6/5/24

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0027332 Chatuge Hydro Plant 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. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVC) applied to renew NPDES permit NC0027332 for the Chatuge Hydro Plant, Chatuge Dam Road, Hayesville, Clay County, discharging industrial cooling waters and wastewaters to the Hiwassee River Basin. Parameters of Concern include Flow, Oil & Grease, Free Oil-Visual Sheen, Temperature, and pH – no parameters are water-quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in this portion of the watershed. (Public Notice will run in The Clay County Progress on 5/9/24.) View Draft Permit NC0027332 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends:6/10/24

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0007609 Diamond Shoal Seafood 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. Diamond Shoal Seafood, Inc. requests to renew NPDES permit NC0007609 for its seafood processing/packing operations, 4146 Orchard Creek Road, Oriental, Pamlico County, discharging wastewater into Gideon Creek, Neuse River Basin. Currently, Total Residual Chlorine (TRC), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Dissolved Oxygen, pH, and Oil & Grease are water-quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in this portion of the Neuse River Basin. (Public Notice will run in The Pamlico News on 5/1/24.) View Draft Permit NC0007609 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends:5/31/24