Press Releases

The Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve in Kitty Hawk and the Buxton Woods Reserve on Hatteras Island reopened to visitors today after closure due to Hurricane Dorian.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the N.C. National Estuarine Research Reserve are seeking public comment on the Reserve’s revised management plan.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board will hold its meeting in Raleigh on November 20.

Today, the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) presiding over the Duke Energy appeal of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) coal ash closure decisions issued another significant ruling in favor of DEQ. The ALJ granted partial summary judgment to DEQ on two issues in the appeal:

The N.C. Sedimentation Control Commission will meet Monday, November 4, 2019, in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building in downtown Raleigh.

State environmental officials today recognized Eaton, located in Arden, for its outstanding environmental performance.

The Coastal Resources Commission has rescheduled a public hearing on oceanfront erosion rates that was originally scheduled for Oct. 8 in Ocracoke.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has notified drinking water facilities on the Cape Fear River of elevated levels of 1,4 dioxane discovered in wastewater treatment plant discharge from Reidsville and Greensboro.

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will host a public hearing November 21 to accept comments on two draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits submitted by CPI USA North Carolina, LLC – Southport Power Plant.

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources (DEMLR) is seeking community feedback on Carolina Sunrock LLC’s application for a mining permit for a crushed stone quarry located near Prospect Hill in Caswell County.