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Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board to Meet July 11
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board will hold its first meeting in Hollister, North Carolina on July 11.
Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC announces public meetings scheduled for proposed pipeline that would impact Rockingham and Alamance counties
Officials with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality are encouraging communities in Alamance and Rockingham counties to attend upcoming meetings being held by the company that wants to extend the Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline from Virginia into North Carolina. Engaging early in the review process gives citizens a greater opportunity to weigh in on permitting decisions made by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, which is the agency that will determine whether the project can move forward.
Public invited to comment on Duke Energy’s Weatherspoon facility permit
The N.C. Division of Water Resources is seeking public feedback on a draft modified wastewater permit for the Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant in Lumberton. The facility discharges treated industrial wastewater to the Lumber River in Robeson County.
Beware of private online sites that appear to sell fishing licenses
The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission are reminding the public to beware of private online sites that appear to sell state fishing licenses.
MEDIA ADVISORY: North Carolina Science Advisory Board to meet June 18
The state Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board will meet in Raleigh on Monday to discuss benchmark dose modeling, trichloroethylene vapor intrusion and action levels, and hexavalent chromium, among other topics. To view the full agenda online, visit: https://files.nc.gov/ncdeq/GenX/SAB/SAB%20Agenda%20FINAL%20061818.pdf.
North Carolina honors 69 drinking water treatment plants
The N.C. Division of Water Resources has honored 69 water treatment plants for surpassing federal and state drinking water standards.
DEQ files new proposed court order against Chemours
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality today filed a proposed court order to require the Chemours Company to implement numerous measures to eliminate or reduce air emissions and water impacts caused by GenX and related compounds, and address contamination in and around the Fayetteville Works facility.
County and municipality recycling numbers show 5 percent increase from last year
The state’s Recycling and Materials Management Section today released recycling numbers for all 100 counties and municipalities, showing a 5.3 percent increase in paper and container recycling as compared to the previous year. Local recycling programs collected more than 1.7 million tons of traditional and non-traditional materials last year.
MEDIA ADVISORY: State to host public hearing on Buck Steam Station water permits
The state Department of Environmental Quality will host a June 13 public hearing to obtain community feedback on two draft stormwater permits and a draft wastewater permit for Duke Energy’s Buck Combined Cycle Station.
DEQ Correspondence to Chemours regarding groundwater and air quality issues, clay pipes and alternate water solutions
Four letters have been posted to the Department of Environmental Quality’s GenX Investigation webpage under “Hot Topics” (https://deq.nc.gov/news/hot-topics/genx-investigation/investigations-and-enforcement-actions).
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