Press Releases

Officials with the N.C. Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board are asking the public for input on a report that will provide recommendations on the science and policies supporting trichloroethylene, or TCE, short-term inhalation action levels, as well as rapid response guidance for residential and occupational receptors.

MEMO To: Interested Parties From: Megan Thorpe, Communications Director Date: October 26, 2018 RE: DEQ Comments on Proposed Rulemaking and Draft Environmental Impact Statement for “The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Years 2021–2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks”

Yesterday, the Department of Environmental Quality celebrated a Brownfields Program milestone. The agency entered into its 500th agreement, with Rocky Mount officials to redevelop the Historic Douglas Block into a Downtown Event Center.

NOTE: BELOW ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN AMENDED, LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT/LOCATION AVAILABLE HERE

The state Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board will meet on Monday in Raleigh to discuss the board’s GenX report, as well as emerging contaminants methyl bromide, hexavalent chromium and trichloroethylene.

Local advisory committees for nine coastal reserves will meet in November and December. The meetings are open to the public.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced today that permanent replacement water supplies have been provided to all eligible households near Duke Energy coal ash facilities in North Carolina.  DEQ required Duke Energy to provide eligible households at fourteen coal ash locations with a connection to a public water supply or a new water filtration system by the deadline of October 15, 2018 set forth in the Coal Ash Management Act. 

Coastal property owners who need to replace docks, piers, bulkheads or similar structures damaged by Tropical Storm Michael along sounds, rivers and creeks may be authorized to do so more quickly through an amended emergency general permit offered by the N.C. Division of Coastal Management.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced today that permanent replacement water supplies have been provided to all eligible households near Duke Energy coal ash facilities in North Carolina.  DEQ required Duke Energy to provide eligible households at fourteen coal ash locations with a connection to a public water supply or a new water filtration system by the deadline of October 15, 2018 set forth in the Coal Ash Management Act. 

The N.C . Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) will host a public meeting and public hearing on Thursday, November 8, 2018, on a draft permit for Enviva Pellets Hamlet, LLC.