PUBLIC NOTICE

N.C. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INTENT TO ISSUE: NPDES WASTEWATER PERMIT #NC0065099 AND STORMWATER PERMIT #NCS000348

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) proposes to issue National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits to CPI USA North Carolina LLC - Southport Power Plant. DEQ has scheduled a public hearing to gather comments. All comments presented at the public hearing will be considered in the agency’s final determination regarding permit issuance and permit provisions. 

PERMIT APPLICATIONS:

CPI USA North Carolina LLC has applied for NPDES permits to discharge wastewater and stormwater from the Southport Power Plant, 1281 Powerhouse Drive, Southport, NC, Brunswick County. The facility discharges to the Atlantic Ocean, Cape Fear River Basin. Currently no parameters are water-quality limited. This discharge may affect future wasteload allocations in this portion of the Atlantic Ocean.

PUBLIC HEARING:

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing to accept comments on the two draft permits at 6 p.m. Thursday, November 21, 2019 at Brunswick Community College, Building A, 50 College Road, Bolivia, NC. Speaker Registration will begin at 5 p.m.