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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 NC0032778 4th Street 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 Highlands [PO Box 460, Highlands, NC 28741] has applied for renewal of NPDES permit NC0032778 for the 4th street Water Treatment Plant in Macon County. This permitted facility discharges wastewater from conventional water treatment activities into Big Creek in the Little Tennessee River Basin. Currently, Total Residual Chlorine is water quality limited. This discharge may affect future waste load allocations in this portion of the receiving stream. (Public Notice will run in The Highlander on 2/27/25.) View Draft Permit NC0032778 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 3/31/25

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 NC0088960 Blanchard 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. Blanchard Terminal Company LLC applied to renew NPDES permit NC0088960 Blanchard Selma Terminal (2026 West Oak Street, Selma) in Johnston County. This facility discharges to an unnamed tributary of Mill Creek in the Neuse River Basin. Currently no parameters are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in an unnamed tributary to Mill Creek. (Public Notice will run in the Johnstonian News on 2/26/25.) View Draft Permit NC0088960 and Related Documents Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 3/28/25

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 NC0036145 Blanchard Selma 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. Blanchard Terminal Company, LLC. [539 South Main Street Findlay, OH 45840] has applied for renewal of NPDES permit NC0036145 for the Blanchard Selma Terminal in Johnston County. This permitted facility discharges petroleum-contact stormwater into an unnamed tributary to Mill Creek in the Neuse River Basin. This discharge may affect future waste load allocations in this portion of the receiving stream. (Public Notice will run in the Johnsonian News on 2/26/25.) View Draft Permit NC0036145 and Related Documents

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 NC0021954 Selma Facility 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 CITGO Petroleum Corporation [4095 Buffalo Road, Selma, NC 27576] has requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0021954 for its Selma Facility in Johnston County. This permitted facility discharges petroleum-contact stormwater into an unnamed tributary to Mill Creek in the Neuse River Basin. This discharge may affect future waste load allocations in this portion of the receiving stream. (Public Notice will run in the Johnsonian News on 2/26/25.) View Draft Permit NC0021954 and Related Documents

Murphy Brown, LLC (P.O. Box 856 Warsaw, NC 28398) has applied for the NPDES General Permit (NCA200000) for the Murphy Brown, LLC (Farm 3509 & 3722), Facility No. 52-0008 in Jones County. This facility is currently permitted under an NC State General Permit (AWG100000); COC No. AWS520008 and applies treated wastewater to adjacent spray fields. Written comments must be received before the end of the comment period which is April 14, 2025.

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet in person Mar. 12-13 at the Hilton Garden Inn, 5353 N Virginia Dare Trail, Kitty Hawk, N.C. 27949. The meeting will also be livestreamed on YouTube.