Press Releases

State officials will host a public hearing March 15 in Wilmington to gather comments on draft solid waste and isolated wetlands permits Duke Energy is seeking for an industrial landfill at its L.V. Sutton Energy Complex.

WHAT: Public meeting on draft proposed coal ash risk classifications for the Rogers Energy Complex (Rutherford County)

WHEN: 6 p.m. March 14 (Registration for speakers starts at 5:30 p.m.)

WHAT: Public meeting on draft proposed coal ash risk classifications for the Rogers Energy Complex

WHEN: 6 p.m. March 14 (Registration for speakers starts at 5:30 p.m.)

WHAT: Public meeting on the draft proposed coal ash risk classification for W.H. Weatherspoon Power Station

WHEN: 6 p.m. March 10 (registration for speakers starts at 5:30 p.m.)

WHAT: Public meeting on the draft proposed coal ash risk classification for H.F. Lee Steam Electric Plant

WHEN: 6 p.m. on March 10 (registration for speakers starts at 5:30 p.m.)

WHAT: Public meeting on the draft proposed coal ash risk classification for Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant

WHEN: 6 p.m. March 10 (registration for speakers starts at 5 p.m.)

State environmental regulators have issued an air quality permit for a proposed asphalt plant in Ashe County after determining that a quarry at the same site now complies with state mining and land quality regulations.

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. 

WHAT: Public meeting on the draft proposed coal ash risk classification for Asheville Steam Electric Plant

WHEN: 6 p.m. March. 1

WHERE: AB Technical Community College Ferguson Auditorium, 340 Victoria Rd, Asheville, NC 28801

WHAT: Public meeting on the draft proposed coal ash risk classification for Sutton Power Station

WHEN: 6 p.m. March. 1

WHERE: Cape Fear Community College, room N-202, 411 N Front St, Wilmington, NC 28401