The North Carolina Sedimentation Control Commission will meet in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building in Raleigh at 10 a.m. on Feb. 6, 2025.
Topics Related to Public Meeting
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries Standard Commercial Fishing License Eligibility Board will meet by teleconference at 10:30 a.m. on April 17. The board will consider license applications that are deemed complete and submitted by March 28.
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries will hold an in-person workshop January 27 with the Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee to review draft Amendment 4 to the Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan.
P U B L I C N O T I C E
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27699-1617
NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO ISSUE AN AMENDED CONSENT ORDER
Public notice of intent to issue an amended State Consent Order to the following:
The Town of Mount Olive (PO Box 939, Mount Olive, NC 28365) has requested an amended Special Order by Consent EMC SOC WQ S20-002 Ad. I for its Mount Olive WWTP, a 2.0 MGD WWTP that discharges treated wastewater to Northeast Cape Fear River in the Cape Fear River Basin under the authority of NPDES Permit NC0020575. This SOC allows a relaxed flow limit of 2.4 MGD while maintaining the permitted nutrient loads. There will be no net increase of pollutants to the River with this increased flow.
The Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue the Order per Article 21 of Chapter 143, N.C. General Statutes, and other regulations effective February 1, 2024.
Compliance with this order will require The Town of Mount Olive to prepare plans and specifications for construction and operation of additional treatment works as well as influent pump station improvements. The Town of Mount Olive shall comply with NPDES permit limits set forth in NC0020575 with the exception of the interim effluent limits identified in the Order. This Order will expire on May 31, 2028.
A copy of the Order is available upon request by contacting Siying Chen of the Division of Water Resources at 919-707-3619, or by email at: siying.chen@deq.nc.gov. Comments on the proposed Order received no later than 30 days after the publish date of this notice will be considered in the final determination. A public meeting may be held if there is a significant degree of public interest.
View NC0020575 Special Order by Consent EMC SOC WQ S20-002 Ad
Public Notice will run in the Mount Olive Tribune on 1/22/25.
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