Press Releases

N.C. Environmental Management Commission to meet January 8-9

The N.C. Environmental Management Commission (EMC) will meet January 8 and 9 at the Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury Street in Raleigh. Committees of the commission will meet Wednesday, January 8, with the full commission meeting Thursday, January 9. All of the meetings will be held in the Ground Floor Hearing Room.

2019 Year in Review

This year, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) took key actions to protect the environment and health of all North Carolinians and to address the impacts of climate change.

State officials announce grants to improve public beach and coastal waterfront access

The state Division of Coastal Management has awarded more than $1 million to eight local governments to improve public access to coastal beaches and waters for the 2019-20 fiscal year.

RELEASE: Comment period open on draft air monitoring study report

The North Carolina Division of Air Quality is accepting public comment through January 30, 2020 on the draft of the air monitoring study in Duplin County. 

Award funds “Planning an Affordable, Resilient, and Sustainable Grid in North Carolina” research partnership project

North Carolina has received a $300,000 competitive award from the U.S. Department of Energy for a joint project by the N.C.

State seeks public feedback on amendment to source water protection planning rules

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources is holding a public hearing to invite community feedback on the proposed amendment to the source water protection requirements codified in 15A NCAC 18C .1305.  This amendment is designed to eliminate the duplicative regulatory requirements that currently exist for certain public water systems that are subject to the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.   

State seeks public feedback on Cape Fear and Weatherspoon Plant draft consent orders

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking public comment on draft special orders by consent for Duke Energy’s Cape Fear Plant in Moncure and Weatherspoon Plant in Lumberton.

MEDIA ADVISORY: State Water Infrastructure Authority to meet via conference call Dec. 11

The State Water Infratructure Authority will meet via conference call at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11. The public may listen to the call at the Archdale Building in downtown Raleigh.

Public information meeting to be held Dec. 9 about redevelopment plans for the Davidson Depot Street brownfields property

The N.C. Division of Waste Management will host a public information meeting on December 9 concerning redevelopment plans for the Davidson Depot Street brownfields property in Davidson.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coastal reserve sites to hold local advisory committee meetings in December

Local advisory committees for the North Carolina Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve will meet in December.