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RELEASE: Air Quality Committee to hold special meeting on June 15
A special meeting of the Air Quality Committee (AQC) of the NC Environmental Management Commission is being announced for Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at 9 a.m.
Marine Fisheries Commission moves forward with amendment to Shrimp Plan
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission voted on Thursday to take Draft Shrimp Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2 out for public comment and advisory committee review.
RELEASE: Draft Air Permit for Duke Belews Creek Impoundment Closure Actions
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) will host a public hearing on Monday, June 21 on a draft permit modification for the Duke Energy Belews Creek Steam Station.
Public Hearing on Proposed Changes to State’s Surface Water Quality Standards
The Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Division of Water Resources will conduct an online public hearing July 20, 2021, on proposed revisions to the 15A NCAC 02B .0200 and .0300 Surface Wa
Climate Change Interagency Council to meet Wednesday, May 26
The N.C. Climate Change Interagency Council will hold an online meeting on May 26 to discuss state building energy consumption and the agency resilience strategy reports.
DEQ to host a public hearing on Duke Energy landfill permit for Roxboro Coal Ash Impoundment Closure
RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Waste Management (DWM) will host a public hearing on Tuesday, June 15, on a draft solid waste permit for the expansion of the existing lined-landfill at the Roxboro Steam Electric Plant. The draft permit will include Duke Energy’s construction and operation of a landfill expansion for the disposal of excavated coal ash at the Roxboro facility. Members of the public are invited to attend the public hearing online or by phone and provide their comments on the proposed permit.
Moderate Drought Returns to Southeastern North Carolina, Dry Conditions Expand North
Drought has returned to North Carolina for the first time in more than a year.
Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board to meet May 24
RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board will hold its meeting Monday, May 24, remotely via teleconference. The public is invited to listen to the meeting online or by phone.
Marine Fisheries corrects Manteo Office phone number in license renewal packets
License renewal packets mailed to fishermen last month contained a typographical error in the telephone number for the Manteo Office of the Division of Marine Fisheries.
Marine Fisheries Artificial Reef Program sinks vessel off Oregon Inlet
The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Artificial Reef Program, in partnership with the Oregon Inlet Artificial Reef Committee, sank a 108-foot tugboat Friday off Oregon Inlet.
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