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As we enter the holiday season, the N.C. Division of Coastal Management is providing guidance to property owners, organizations and towns that plan to accept natural Christmas trees for use in dune restoration.

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 NC0088749 Lissara 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. Lissara Partners, LLC applied to renew NPDES permit NC0088749 for the Lissara WWTP (9689 Wildflower Woods Way, Lewisville) in Forsyth County. This facility discharges to the Yadkin River in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin. Currently fecal coliform and total residual chlorine (TRC) are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in this portion of the Yadkin River. (Public Notice will run in The Winston Salem Journal on 12/22/23.) View Draft Permit NC0088749 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 1/29/24

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 NC0056201 Countryside MHP 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. Countryside NC MHP Sophia NC, LLC applied to renew NPDES permit NC0056201 for the Countryside MHP WWTP (3571 Roy Farlow Road, South of Glenola) in Randolph County. This facility discharges to an unnamed tributary to Caraway Creek in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin. Currently biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), ammonia nitrogen, total residual chlorine (TRC), fecal coliform, and dissolved oxygen are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in the unnamed tributary to Caraway Creek. (Public Notice will run in The Courier-Tribune on 12/23/23.) View Draft Permit NC0056201 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 1/29/24

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 NC0085936 Wet-Deck Log Storage 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. Jerry G. Williams & Sons, Inc. requests to renew NPDES permit NC0085936 for its Wet-Deck Log Storage Site located at 524 Brogden Road, Smithfield, Johnston County. This facility discharges to a UT to the Neuse River Basin. The parameter Total Suspended Solids (TSS) is water-quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in this portion of the river basin. (Public Notice will run in The Johnsonian News on 12/27/23.) View Draft Permit NC0085936 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ/DWR/NPDES 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 NC0060321 The First Craven Sanitary District 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 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 First Craven Sanitary District has applied to renew NPDES permit NC0060321 for the First Craven Sanitary District WTP (560 NC Highway 55 E, New Bern) in Craven County. This facility discharges into an unnamed tributary to Duck Creek in the Neuse River Basin. Currently, total residual chlorine (TRC) is water quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in this portion of this unnamed tributary to Duck creek. (Public Notice will run in the New Bern Sun Journal on 12/21/23.) View Draft Permit NC0060321 and Related Documents Send Comment To: NCDEQ/DWR/NPDES 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-16117

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 NC0003344 House of Raeford 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 House of Raeford- Wallace Division [P.O. Box 669, Wallace, NC 28466] has requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0003344 for its Wastewater Treatment Plant, located in Duplin County. This permitted facility discharges treated industrial wastewater to the Rock Fish Creek, a class C-SW water in the Cape Fear Basin. Some of the parameters in the permit are water quality limited. View Draft Permit NC0003344 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 1/26/24

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management (DCM) has received more than $3 million dollars as one of 109 grants announced by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and NOAA in November. Additionally, DEQ’s Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) was awarded more than $89,000.

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 Modify an NPDES General Wastewater Permit The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to modify the following NPDES wastewater general permit: NPDES General Permit No. NCG530000 for the discharge of treated wastewater resulting from seafood packing and rinsing operations, as well as from fish farms and hatcheries defined as concentrated aquatic animal production (CAAP) facilities with production levels above specified minimums. 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://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-resources-perm… For questions or comments about the proposed modified NPDES General Permit NCG530000 for the discharge of treated wastewater resulting from seafood packing and rinsing operations, as well as from fish farms and hatcheries defined as concentrated aquatic animal production (CAAP) facilities with production levels above specified minimums, please contact Sydney Deuterman via e-mail at sydney.deuterman@deq.nc.gov.

The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) will hold a specially called meeting Dec. 13 by web conference to discuss emergency and temporary rules. The meeting will be limited to this one agenda item. Members of the public may join by computer or phone.