Local advisory committees for three coastal reserve sites will meet in January. The meetings are open to the public.
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The Coastal Recreational Fishing License Committee of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission, along with their advisors, will meet at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 24 at the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Central District Office, 5285 Highway 70 West, Morehead City.
The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public hearing on proposed shellfish leases in New Hanover County at 6 p.m. on Jan. 25 at the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Wilmington Regional Office, located at 127 Cardinal Drive Extension in Wilmington.
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality has not found visual evidence of impacts to surface water after heavy rains caused the release of coal ash and wastewater from an impoundment at a Duke Energy facility in Cleveland County.
State environmental officials renewed coal ash landfill permits at Duke Energy’s Roxboro and Marshall steam stations Tuesday.
A new regulation for eel pots will go into effect Jan. 1.
The regulation requires eel pots to have a minimum mesh size of ½-inch by ½-inch.
WHAT: Public hearing on water quality permit for Duke Energy’s H.F. Lee Plant
WHEN: 6 p.m. Dec. 15 (speaker registration starts at 5 p.m.)
WHERE: Wayne County Center, 208 W. Chestnut St., Goldsboro, N.C.
The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public hearing on proposed shellfish bottom and water column leases in Hyde County at 6 p.m. on Jan. 11 at the Hyde County Courthouse, 30 Oyster Creek Street, Swan Quarter.
You can save money, protect the environment and reduce your stress this holiday season. Just try a few of the following helpful tips put together by North Carolina’s environmental agency:
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.