The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will continue to accept written comments on a petition for rulemaking filed by the N.C. Wildlife Federation until 5 p.m. Jan. 26.
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An amendment has been filed to a petition for rulemaking calling for habitat protections that, if adopted, would impact shrimp trawl fishing in most North Carolina waters.
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, or DEQ, has given preliminary approval to Duke Energy’s plans to provide permanent alternate water supplies to homes near coal ash facilities.
The State Water Infrastructure Authority, or SWIA, will conduct a meeting in Raleigh at 9:00 a.m. on Jan. 18, 2017 at the American Institute of Architects North Carolina Center for Architecture and Design, located at 14 East Peace Street.
North Carolina has taken a series of steps to meet the more stringent sulfur dioxide standard that the federal government adopted in 2010 and maintain its full compliance with federal air quality standards, state environmental officials said today.
Local advisory committees for three coastal reserve sites will meet in January. The meetings are open to the public.
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.
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.