Press Releases

The Shrimp Bycatch Reduction Industry Workgroup will meet at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 9 at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center, located at 203 S. Front St. in New Bern.

A state environmental program that has created thousands of jobs and pumped $14 billion dollars into North Carolina’s economy will celebrate a milestone in Raleigh next week.

The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries is reminding fishermen that an additional escape ring will be required in crab pots beginning Jan. 15, 2017.

WHAT: Public hearing on water quality permits for Duke Energy’s Weatherspoon Plant

WHEN: 6 p.m. Dec. 8 (speaker registration starts at 5 p.m.)

Officials with the state environmental department have extended a public comment period and rescheduled a public hearing to obtain more feedback on the draft wastewater permit for a proposed Brunswick County water treatment plant.

Local Advisory Committees for three coastal reserves will meet in December. The meetings are open to the public.

State environmental officials have extended the public comment period for a water quality permit for Duke Energy’s retired power plant in Chatham County.

WHAT: Public hearing on the draft NPDES wastewater permit for the Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant

WHEN: 6 p.m. Nov. 28; speaker registration begins at 5 p.m. 

WHERE: Wicker Center, 1801 Nash St., Sanford, N.C.

State environmental officials are asking the public to provide input on the proposed draft wastewater permit for a Duke Energy Progress facility in Wayne County.

Governor Pat McCrory on Wednesday expanded a State of Emergency to help stop the spread of wildfires in western North Carolina as air quality officials continued their advisory for air pollution in the region.