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The Department of Environmental Quality will hold a hearing next month for the adoption of proposed rules 15A NCAC 01X .0101-.0106, .0201-.0203, and .0301-.0303, “Express Permitting,” as required by S.L. 2023-134, s. 12.13.(b). The hearing will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March18, 2025, in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building in Raleigh. Online attendance will also be available via Webex.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is pleased to announce the appointment of Dwain Veach as the new State Geologist of North Carolina. Veach will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Dr. Kenneth Taylor, who retired in November 2024 after more than 30 years of service.

The North Carolina Mining Rules Committee that was scheduled to meet on Dec. 16, 2024 has been canceled.

The Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources (DEMLR) invites public comment on, or objections to, the following NPDES MS4 Stormwater Individual Permits and Stormwater Management Plans.

The North Carolina Mining Commission will meet at 1 p.m. on November 18, 2024, in Raleigh.

The North Carolina Mining Commission and its rules committee are scheduled to hold meetings this month, which will be available to the public in Raleigh or online. 

The following facility has applied a new NPDES permit to discharge stormwater from their location: Airgas USA, LLC [314 Lake Latham Road, Mebane, NC 27302] has requested renewal of permit NCS000598 for the Airgas USA, LLC facility in Alamance County. This facility discharges to an unnamed tributary to Moadams Creek (Latham Lake) in the Cape Fear River Basin.

The North Carolina Oil and Gas Commission will meet at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building in Raleigh.