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DEQ Returns Application for Special Order by Consent to Badin Business Park
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Division of Water Resources (DWR) is returning the Badin Business Park LLC application for a Special Order by Consent (SOC), and the SOC as drafted will not be moving forward.
NC Communities Awarded $282 Million for Water and Sewer Improvement Projects
Governor Roy Cooper announced today $282 million in loans and grants to help pay for 94 drinking water and wastewater projects statewide.
North Carolina’s seagrass habitat is declining, state-federal partnership data show
The Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership (APNEP) has published a report showing a net loss in the extent of high-salinity submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) habitat in North Carolina’s sounds between 2006 and 2013. Also known as seagrass or underwater grasses, this valuable natural resource improves water quality, decreases shoreline erosion, and is an essential habitat for many fishery and wildlife species.
Marine Fisheries Commission reopens appointment process for shrimp advisers
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission is reopening the Shrimp Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee appointment process to ensure adequate representation from all user groups.
REMINDER: Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board to meet February 22
RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board will hold its meeting Monday, February 22, remotely via teleconference. The public is invited to listen to the meeting online or by phone.
DEQ Accepting Water Quality Grant Request-for-Proposals
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Division of Water Resources (DWR) is soliciting proposals for the
REMINDER: State coastal commission will meet Feb. 18 by video conference
The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) will meet February 18 by video conference. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. The public may join the meeting by computer or phone.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Marine Fisheries Commission to meet by web conference Feb. 25-26
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet by web conference Feb. 25-26, beginning at 9 a.m. each day.
State awards grants to reduce air pollution from mobile sources
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Division of Air Quality has awarded $1,335,020 in grants for projects to reduce air pollution from diesel-powered mobile sources.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Division of Marine Fisheries schedules March 2021 shrimp plan advisory committee workshops
The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a series of workshops by web conference over several days in March with the shrimp fishery management plan advisory committee to review draft Amendment 2 to the Shrimp Fishery Management Plan.
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