Press Releases

The NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has identified significant deficiencies in Chemours’ compliance with its ongoing obligations to address forever chemicals (PFAS) contamination in groundwater across southeastern North Carolina. In comments sent to the company today, DEQ detailed the problems in Chemours’ On and Offsite Assessment and Corrective Action Plan and laid out expectations for how Chemours must comply with the 2019 Consent Order and North Carolina law.  

The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission will meet Nov. 18-19 in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building in Raleigh. Members of the public may attend in-person or join the meeting by computer or phone.  

Drought conditions have worsened in parts of central and eastern North Carolina after two weeks of minimal or no rain and an abnormally dormant hurricane season.

The NC Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) will hold its quarterly business meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the Holiday Inn Resort Lumina, 1706 N Lumina Ave., Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480. The meeting is open to the public and will be livestreamed on YouTube. The one-day meeting will begin at 9 a.m. with a public comment period.

The NC Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries’ (DMF) peer review workshop for the Blue Crab stock assessment ended today. The workshop session that was scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon tomorrow has been cancelled.

The NC Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public informational meeting on establishing a new estuarine artificial reef in Albemarle Sound. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, 2026, in Room 110 at the College of the Albemarle, 205 US-64, Manteo, N.C. 27954.

The NC Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2026, on proposed shellfish leases in Onslow County. The hearing will be held at the Holly Ridge Community Center, 404 Sound Road, Holly Ridge, N.C. 28445, and by Webex.

The NC Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management (DCM) is accepting applications for approximately $2.5 million in funding through Phases 3 and 4 of the N.C. Resilient Coastal Communities Program (RCCP) to help coastal communities design and implement projects that strengthen local resilience to coastal hazards. Applications are due Nov. 10, 2026, by 5 p.m. 

The NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) State Energy Office (SEO) is requesting proposals statewide until Nov. 24, 2026, for energy efficient building upgrade projects.

The 2027 commercial Spot season will close Jan. 1 through April 28 in Coastal and Joint Fishing Waters of the state, a change from dates set for the 2021-2026 commercial Spot season closures.