WHAT: Public hearing on the draft NPDES stormwater permit for the Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant
WHEN: 6 p.m. Feb. 29; speaker registration begins at 5 p.m.
WHERE: Central Carolina Community College, 764 West St., Pittsboro, N.C.
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing Monday to receive public comments on the draft NPDES stormwater discharge permit for Duke Energy’s Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant.
The draft stormwater permit and related documents are available online at: https://deq.nc.gov/news/hot-topics/coal-ash-nc/2015-npdes-permits.
Public comments on the draft permit should be mailed to: Stormwater Permitting, 1612 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C., 27699-1612.
Public comments may also be submitted by email to: publiccomments@ncdenr.gov. Please be sure to include “Cape Fear” in the email’s subject line.
The public comment period for the Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant draft permit ends Feb. 29. All written and verbal comments received by that date will be considered in the final determination regarding permit modification and issuance.