The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will receive public comment through June 5 as part of the renewal process for six Animal Feeding Operations General Permits.
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The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries recently certified a new state record Mangrove Snapper, or gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus).
The application period opens June 1 for N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve local advisory committees. Community members are needed for each of the Coastal Reserve’s ten sites: Bird Island Reserve, Bald Head Woods Reserve, Zeke’s Island Reserve, Masonboro Island Reserve, Permuda Island Reserve, Rachel Carson Reserve, Buxton Woods Reserve, Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve, Currituck Banks Reserve, and Emily and Preyer Buckridge Reserve.
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality is accepting public comment and will hold a public hearing on the draft Title V air quality permit for Sapphire Renewable Natural Gas, a new facility in Sampson County.
The N.C. Coastal Habitat Protection Plan Steering Committee will meet from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 31 by web conference.
Three weeks from Saturday, on June 10, the campus at the Morehead City Headquarters Office will transform into a celebration of 200 years of state marine fisheries management and conservation in North Carolina.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will hold three public engagement sessions in June to receive input on how flooding, flood mitigation, and resiliency impact North Carolina communities. Public input will assist DEQ in developing the North Carolina Flood Resiliency Blueprint alongside over 100 technical advisors representing Federal, State, County, Municipal, and Tribal governments, non-governmental organizations and universities.
The N.C. Sedimentation Control Commission will meet in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building, located at 512 N. Salisbury Street in Raleigh, on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m., and the public may join in person, by webinar or by phone.
El DEQ celebrará sesiones de comentarios públicos sobre el Proyecto de Resiliencia ante Inundaciones
El Departamento de Calidad Ambiental de Carolina del Norte (DEQ, por sus siglas en ingles) tendra tres sesiones de participación pública en junio para recibir opiniones sobre cómo las inundaciones, la mitigación de inundaciones y la resiliencia afectan a las comunidades de Carolina del Norte. Los comentarios del público ayudarán al DEQ a desarrollar el Proyecto de Resiliencia ante Inundaciones de Carolina del Norte junto con más de 100 asesores técnicos que representan a gobiernos federales, estatales, de condados, municipales y tribales, organizaciones no gubernamentales y universidades.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore will host an interagency work group meeting on May 24 by web conference to discuss the role of public and private insurance in addressing erosion-threatened structures. The public may listen by computer or phone.