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The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission will meet Nov. 13-14 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.

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 NC0042269 Bunn 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 Bunn applied to renew NPDES Permit NC0042269 Town of Bunn WWTP (513 Bunn Elementary School Road, Bunn, NC 27508-0393) in Franklin County. This facility discharges into Crooked Creek in the Tar-Pamlico Basin. Currently, Fecal Coliform, Dissolved Oxygen, Total Residual Chlorine, Ammonia Nitrogen, Total Phosphorus Load, and Total Nitrogen Load are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in Crooked Creek. (Public Notice will run in The Franklin Times on 11/7/24.) View Draft Permit NC0042269 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ/DWR/NPDES 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 NC0036773 Laurinburg 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 Laurinburg applied to renew NPDES permit NC0036773 for Laurinburg WTP (603 Launchwood Drive, South of Laurinburg) in Scotland County. This facility discharges into Big Branch in the Lumber river basin. Currently, total residual chlorine (TRC), fluoride, and copper are water quality limited. This may affect future wasteload allocation in this portion Big Branch. (Public Notice will run in The Laurinburg Exchange on 11/2/24.) View Draft Permit NC0036773 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ/DWR/NPDES 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 NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0022217 Raleigh Terminal 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. Global Partners LLC. applied to renew NPDES permit NC0022217 for Raliegh Terminal (2232 Ten-Ten Road, Apex) in Wake County. This facility discharges into an unnamed tributary of Middle Creek in the Neuse River Basin. Currently, toluene is water quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in this portion of this unnamed tributary of Middle Creek. (Public Notice will run in The News & Observer on 10/30/24.) View Draft Permit NC0022217 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ/DWR/NPDES Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617

The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) special meeting scheduled for Oct. 28 by web conference to review comments and consider the adoption of temporary rules has been cancelled. The meeting will not be rescheduled.

The Marine Patrol Swift Water Rescue Team deployed for about a week to the western North Carolina to assist with Hurricane Helene safety efforts. This was the first deployment of the Swift Water Rescue Team, certified in 2021 after several years of training, that resulted in real-life safety missions and rescues.

The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) will hold a special meeting Oct. 28 by web conference to review comments and consider the adoption of temporary rules. The meeting will be limited to this one agenda item. Members of the public may join by computer or phone.

The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) today released the 2024 Sea Level Rise Science Update. This report has been written by the members of the CRC’s Science Panel as a public service in response to a charge from the CRC in 2022 to conduct an annual review of any new and significant scientific literature and studies that address the range of implications of sea level rise at the State, sub-regional and local scale.