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Jonathan Price named Marine Patrol Officer of the Year

He’s known for his professionalism, strong work ethic and commitment to conserving North Carolina’s marine resources. These qualities earned Marine Patrol Officer Jonathan Price this year’s Marine Patrol Officer of the Year Award.

Reminder: DEQ accepting public comments on draft water and Wastewater funding Intended Use Plans

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Infrastructure is accepting comments until March 30, 2026, on updates to several Intended Use Plans (IUPs) and Project Priority Lists, and until April 13, 2026, for new draft Intended Use Plans and proposed Priority Rating Systems for the State Revolving Fund programs.

Division of Marine Fisheries seeks advisers for Southern Flounder committee

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries is accepting applications for commercial and recreational fishermen, scientists and interested parties to serve on the Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan Amendment 5 Advisory Committee.

DEQ Division of Water Resources now accepting grant proposals for stream restoration, stormwater management and water-based recreation

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources is now accepting proposals statewide for projects that address stream restoration, water-based restoration and water management until June 30, 2026.

Audiencias públicas sobre las normas propuestas para monitorear y reducir el 1,4-dioxano

La Comisión de Gestión Medioambiental (EMC) de Carolina del Norte llevará a cabo tres audiencias para escuchar los comentarios del público sobre las normas propuestas para monitorear y reducir el 1,4-dioxano, una sustancia que probablemente causa cáncer y que se encuentra en las aguas residuales vertidas en las aguas superficiales de Carolina del Norte, procedentes de determinadas instalaciones. Las audiencias son parte de un período de comentarios públicos que inicio el 16 de marzo.

Audiencias públicas sobre las normas propuestas para monitorear y reducir las PFAS

La Comisión de Gestión Medioambiental (EMC) de Carolina del Norte llevará a cabo tres audiencias para escuchar los comentarios del público sobre las normas propuestas para monitorear y reducir tres PFAS (sustancias perfluoroalquiladas y polifluoroalquiladas) que se encuentran en las aguas residuales que se vierten en las aguas superficiales de Carolina del Norte. Las audiencias son parte de un período de comentarios que inicio el 16 de marzo.

REMINDER: Public hearings scheduled on proposed 1,4-dioxane monitoring, minimization rules

The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission will hold three public hearings to hear public comment on proposed rules for monitoring and minimizing 1,4-dioxane, a substance likely to cause cancer, in wastewater discharged into North Carolina’s surface waters from certain facilities. The hearings are part of a comment period that began on March 16.

REMINDER: Public hearings scheduled on proposed PFAS monitoring, minimization rules

The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission will hold three public hearings to receive public comment on proposed rules for monitoring and minimizing three PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in wastewater discharged into North Carolina’s surface waters. The hearings are part of a comment period that began on March 16. 

N.C. Mining Commission Rules Committee to meet March 27

The North Carolina Mining Commission Rules Committee will meet at 11 a.m. on March 27, 2026, online via WebEx.

North Carolina Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board to meet April 1

RALEIGH – The Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board will meet on Wednesday, April 1, at 10a.m. The public is invited to attend the meeting virtually.  

REMINDER: Striped Bass season opens April 1 in portions of Tar-Pamlico and Neuse rivers

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries reminds fishermen that a one-month striped bass season will open April 1 in portions of the Tar-Pamlico and Neuse rivers and their tributaries.

DEQ releases roadmap to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) State Energy Office (SEO) released the NC Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP), which identifies resilience and carbon reduction measures to meet

DEQ accepting water quality restoration proposals through May 29

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) is accepting funding proposals until May 29 for projects seeking to restore impaired waterways impacted by nonpoint source pollution, which is caused by water runoff that carries pollutants into waterways.

REMINDER: “Lines of Communication” meetings to be held next week

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries reminds fishermen that the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold its Lines of Communication meetings in North Carolina next week.

Audiencias públicas sobre las normas propuestas para monitorear y reducir el 1,4-dioxano

La Comisión de Gestión Medioambiental (EMC) de Carolina del Norte llevará a cabo tres audiencias para escuchar los comentarios del público sobre las normas propuestas para monitorear y reducir el 1,4-dioxano, una sustancia que probablemente causa cáncer y que se encuentra en las aguas residuales vertidas en las aguas superficiales de Carolina del Norte, procedentes de determinadas instalaciones. Las audiencias son parte de un período de comentarios públicos que inicia el 16 de marzo.