Press Releases

REMINDER: State to hold first of two public meetings on draft Animal Feeding Operations General Permits

MEDIA ADVISORY: N.C. Environmental Management Commission to meet Nov. 7-8

RALEIGH – The N.C. Environmental Management Commission will meet this week at the Archdale Building in downtown Raleigh. Commission committees will meet Wednesday, Nov. 7, with the full commission meeting Thursday, Nov. 8.

RELEASE: State seeks public feedback on H.F. Lee Plant draft consent order

RALEIGH─ The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality has opened a second comment period and rescheduled a public hearing to gather comments on a proposed draft special order by consent for Duke Energy’s H.F. Lee Plant in Goldsboro. The original dates were cancelled due to hurricane impacts last month. The new public comment period will be open Oct. 31 through Dec. 7.

CANCELLATION: N.C. Oil and Gas Commission Sept. 13 meeting cancelled

The N.C. Oil and Gas Commission meeting planned for Thursday has been cancelled due to expected impacts in the Raleigh area from Hurricane Florence.

FERC announces public comment period, meetings for Mountain Valley Pipeline project

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, has announced its intent to develop an environmental impact statement and the opening of a public comment period for the Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate project. These actions are part of the federally mandated scoping process which will help the agency determine whether the project is in the public convenience and a necessity, and what the environmental impacts would be along the pipeline route.    

State seeks public input on Atlantic Coast Pipeline stormwater permit

Officials with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality are seeking public feedback on the draft stormwater permit for a contractor’s work yard to be built in Cumberland County as part of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project.

State environmental program honoring earth science educators

The state Department of Environmental Quality is honoring two educators for their innovative approaches at teaching earth science.

State hosting third information session Dec. 14 on private well sampling near Chemours

The state departments of Environmental Quality and Health and Human Services will host a third community information session on Thursday, Dec. 14, to answer questions about drinking water well results from the well sampling conducted near Chemours’ Fayetteville Works facility in Bladen County.

Members named to state Science Advisory Board to advise on emerging chemicals

The heads of the state environmental and public health agencies today announced the new members of the newly expanded Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board, which will examine new and emerging chemicals and their potential impacts to human health and the environment.

State issues emergency declaration for Woodlake Dam

Officials with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality and state Attorney General’s Office announced Friday that the state has issued an emergency declaration and will move forward with plans to breach Woodlake Dam in Moore County to ensure the safety of downstream communities.