Press Releases

An emergency meeting of the State Water Infrastructure Authority will take place via conference call on Wednesday, Sept. 25.  The meeting audio will be open to the public at the Archdale Building, 8th floor, Room 826V, 512 North Salisbury Street in Raleigh. 

Coastal property owners who need to replace docks, piers, bulkheads or similar structures damaged by Hurricane Florence or Tropical Storm Michael have an additional year to perform the work under an emergency general permit offered by the N.C. Division of Coastal Management.

The precautionary advisory against swimming is now lifted for all coastal waters. One sound-side location in Dare County will remain under a swimming advisory.

RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is accepting applications for Diesel Bus and Vehicle projects that significantly reduce emissions and for Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) DC Fast Charge Infrastructure projects.

The precautionary advisory against swimming is now lifted for all coastal waters, except for two sound-side locations in Dare County.

The precautionary advisory against swimming is now been lifted for all coastal waters south of Oregon Inlet.

Coastal property owners who need to replace docks, piers, bulkheads or similar structures damaged by Hurricane Dorian along sounds, rivers and creeks may be authorized to do so more quickly through an emergency general permit offered by the N.C. Division of Coastal Management.

The precautionary advisory against swimming is now been lifted for all coastal waters south of Ocracoke Inlet.

Two additional N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve sites are open to visitors after closure due to Hurricane Dorian.

The North Carolina Climate Change Interagency Council will meet in Raleigh on Friday, September 27.  The agenda will include presentations to the Cabinet Secretaries on the Clean Energy Plan, Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Plan, Motor Fleet ZEV Plan and the Workforce Assessments.