Press Releases

N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources files suit against the EPA over air quality regulations

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North Carolina's ozone levels lowest on record in 2013

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Charlotte Metro Area Achieves 1997 Ozone Standard

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Air Quality officials continue health notice for Western North Carolina

RALEIGH – Air quality officials continued an advisory today for air pollution in parts of western North Carolina as smoke from a Burke County wildfire drifts downwind.

Air Quality Officials Issue Health Notice for Western Piedmont

Public hearing set for Sept. 18 on changes to auto emissions testing program

RALEIGH – Newer cars and light-duty trucks would no longer need emissions tests under proposed rules that are the subject of a Sept. 18 public hearing in Raleigh.

State air permit modifications approved for proposed cement plant near Wilmington

RALEIGH – The N.C. Division of Air Quality has issued a revised air quality permit for a proposed cement manufacturing plant in New Hanover County.

Public hearing scheduled on air permit for proposed biomass energy plant

RALEIGH – State officials have scheduled a Sept. 4 public hearing to gather comments on an air quality permit for a proposed biomass energy plant in Bladen County.

N.C. Division of Air Quality to Hold Public Hearing on Proposed Fumigation Facility in Morehead City

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North Carolina meets tougher federal standard for sulfur dioxide

RALEIGH – All air quality monitors in North Carolina now comply with the new, more stringent standard for sulfur dioxide, or SO _2,