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NCDEQ announces $25 million available to local governments to support recycling and waste reduction resilience in Western North Carolina

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Service (DEACS) is now accepting applications for the Helene Recovery Recycling Infrastructure (HRRI) Grant Program, which supports western North Carolina communities in rebuilding and stren

DEQ continues to prioritize Helene recovery one year later

For the past 12 months, the top priority of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has been to help communities in western North Carolina recover and rebuild from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene.

DEQ receives $61 Million in federal funding for Hurricane Helene recovery and resiliency

Supplemental federal funding will support hazardous waste, recycling and solid waste management recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

NCDEQ Secretary Reid Wilson celebrates 750th Brownfields site in North Carolina

Adjusted DEQ fees to support permitting services now in effect

N.C. Environmental Management Commission to meet May 7-8

The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission will meet May 7-8 in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building in Raleigh. Members of the public may attend in-person or join the meeting by computer or phone.