Secretary's Environmental Justice and Equity Board "I challenge [the Environmental Justice and Equity] board, and all of you, to stand shoulder to shoulder with us and acknowledge that we all are responsible. You too must pledge to work for inclusion, demand equity and celebrate the diversity of the people of our great state. With that simple acknowledgment, together we will protect our natural resources, our economic interests, and our communities so that ALL North Carolinians will have clean air and clean water for today, tomorrow and future generations to come." -Secretary Michael S. Regan, May 2, 2018 Charter Press Release Board Members Operating Procedures For Advisory Board inquiries, contact Renee Kramer, NCDEQ Title VI and Environmental Justice Coordinator at 919-707-8292. Comments can be emailed to ej@ncdenr.gov Upcoming Meetings Past Meetings Thursday, November 17 6:00 p.m. - Special Meeting Meeting Recording Supporting Materials Letter from the Board September 27, 2022 Thursday, October 13, 2022 - Quarterly Board Meeting Agenda Meeting Recording Supporting Materials Thursday, August 11, 2022 - Quarterly Board Meeting Agenda Meeting Recording Supporting Materials Meeting Minutes Thursday, May 19 2022 - Quarterly Board Meeting Agenda Meeting Recordings Subcommittee Meeting Board Meeting Supporting Materials Meeting Minutes Tuesday, May 10 2022 - Special Meeting Agenda WebEx Recording Supporting Materials Monday, February 28, 2022 - Quarterly Board Meeting Agenda WebEx recording Supporting materials Meeting Minutes Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022 - Community Outreach Subcommittee Meeting Agenda WebEx recording on YouTube Quarterly Meeting - November 30, 2021 Agenda WebEx recording on YouTube Supporting Materials Division of Water Infrastructure Presentation Listening Session - Oct. 12, 2021 Agenda Press release WebEx recording on YouTube Meeting Minutes Supporting Materials Title VI and Swine Waste Biogas System Permitting by NCDEQ: Connecting the Dots (by Ryke Longest) Digesters and Swine Manure Treatment (by Dr. John Classen) Overview of Water Impacts (by Kemp Burdette) CAFOs, Biogas, Environmental Justice and Health Impacts in North Carolina (by Sacoby Wilson) Monday, August 23, 2021 Agenda WebEx recording on YouTube Meeting Minutes Supporting Materials Presentations Biogas...The Case to Protect Environmental Justice Communities (presentation by Sherri White-Williamson) Monday, May 24, 2021 Agenda WebEx Recording Meeting Minutes Supporting Materials NRDC - Developing Visual Tools for Carbon Policy EPA Region 4 - The Path Forward for Environmental Justice: Serving Our Communities SELC - Petition for Rulemaking to Establish a Budget for CO2 Emissions from the Electric Power Sector and Join the REgional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Andrea Harris Task Force Subcommittee March 2021 Meeting - Dr. Robert Bullard presentation (YouTube) Monday, April 26, 2021 Special Meeting to Discuss Zero-Emission Vehicle MOU WebEx Recording Meeting Minutes Board's responses to MOU questions Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 Agenda Division of Air Quality Update / Medium + Heavy Duty Zero Emission Vehicles Briefing Panelists' Bios WebEx Recording Meeting Minutes Monday, Nov. 23, 2020 Agenda Erosion and Sedimentation Control and Stormwater Programs and Robeson LNG (presentation) Introduction to Air Quality Permitting and Review of the Active Energy Permit WebEx Recording Meeting Minutes Monday, Oct. 5, 2020 - Special Board Meeting Agenda Presentation WebEx Recording Meeting Minutes Monday, August 24, 2020 Agenda WebEx Recording Health Disparities and COVID-19 in EJ Communities presentation by Dr. Deepak Kumar Andrea Harris Social, Economic, Environmental, and Health Equity Task Force presentation by Emily Roach (NC Dept. of Administration) Meeting Minutes Thursday, June 25, 2020 - Special Subcommittee Meeting Agenda WebEx Recording Meeting Minutes Thursday, June 18, 2020 - Subcommittee Meeting Draft Agenda WebEx Recording Meeting Minutes Thursday, June 11, 2020 - Special Meeting Agenda WebEx Recording Meeting Minutes Monday May 18, 2020 Agenda Community Mapping System 1.0 and Public Participation Plan Update Presentation Clean Energy Plan - Equity Recommendations & Actions Presentation Video Call Recording Meeting Minutes February 24, 2020 Agenda Meeting Minutes EJ Board EO 80 Updates Presentation Permitting 101 Presentation WebEx Recording Cumulative Impacts Presentation November 20. 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes 2020 Census Environmental Justice Presentation Executive Order 80 Presentation Official Action Overview Presentation WebEx Recording August 21, 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes Meeting Video May 22, 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes Community Mapping Tool Presentation City of Charlotte Strategic Energy Action Plan Presentation Coal Ash Impoundment Closure Decision Presentation AFO and General Permit Presentation Overview of Executive Order No. 80 Presentation Livestream Video February 12, 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes November 14, 2018 CCR in NC Presentation Agenda DEQ Division Overview Materials Meeting Minutes July 11, 2018 Livestream video Meeting Minutes Board's Advisory Statements Environmental Justice and Equity Board Statement on Coal Ash Removal (Feb. 15, 2019) Environmental Justice Official Actions (Nov. 20, 2019) Environmental Justice and Equity Board Recommendations on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (July 1, 2020) Environmental Justice and Equity Board Recommendations on Development of the General Permit for Farm Digesters (Aug. 26, 2021) Response from Secretary Biser (Nov. 23, 2021) Environmental Justice and Equity Board Recommendations on Biogas General Permit (Oct. 22, 2021) Subcommittee Materials Materials shared with EJE Board for June 18 meeting Atlantic Coast Pipeline (DEQ web page) Documents provided to subcommittee by Dominion FERC EIS EJ excerpt Q4 Attachment 1-Updated Consultation Tables Appendix A: Communications with State Tribes Mountain Valley Pipeline (DEQ web page) Provided to subcommittee for June 25: N.C. Department of Environmental Quality Aug. 7, 2017 Letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Dominion Powerpoint at 2017 Customer Meeting - Pages 1 and 58 ACP Unpermitted Pipeline Handout June 24, 2020 Cabinet Agency EJ Leads See the Environmental Justice and Equity Leads at each of the cabinet agencies
Secretary's Environmental Justice and Equity Board "I challenge [the Environmental Justice and Equity] board, and all of you, to stand shoulder to shoulder with us and acknowledge that we all are responsible. You too must pledge to work for inclusion, demand equity and celebrate the diversity of the people of our great state. With that simple acknowledgment, together we will protect our natural resources, our economic interests, and our communities so that ALL North Carolinians will have clean air and clean water for today, tomorrow and future generations to come." -Secretary Michael S. Regan, May 2, 2018 Charter Press Release Board Members Operating Procedures For Advisory Board inquiries, contact Renee Kramer, NCDEQ Title VI and Environmental Justice Coordinator at 919-707-8292. Comments can be emailed to ej@ncdenr.gov Upcoming Meetings Past Meetings Thursday, November 17 6:00 p.m. - Special Meeting Meeting Recording Supporting Materials Letter from the Board September 27, 2022 Thursday, October 13, 2022 - Quarterly Board Meeting Agenda Meeting Recording Supporting Materials Thursday, August 11, 2022 - Quarterly Board Meeting Agenda Meeting Recording Supporting Materials Meeting Minutes Thursday, May 19 2022 - Quarterly Board Meeting Agenda Meeting Recordings Subcommittee Meeting Board Meeting Supporting Materials Meeting Minutes Tuesday, May 10 2022 - Special Meeting Agenda WebEx Recording Supporting Materials Monday, February 28, 2022 - Quarterly Board Meeting Agenda WebEx recording Supporting materials Meeting Minutes Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022 - Community Outreach Subcommittee Meeting Agenda WebEx recording on YouTube Quarterly Meeting - November 30, 2021 Agenda WebEx recording on YouTube Supporting Materials Division of Water Infrastructure Presentation Listening Session - Oct. 12, 2021 Agenda Press release WebEx recording on YouTube Meeting Minutes Supporting Materials Title VI and Swine Waste Biogas System Permitting by NCDEQ: Connecting the Dots (by Ryke Longest) Digesters and Swine Manure Treatment (by Dr. John Classen) Overview of Water Impacts (by Kemp Burdette) CAFOs, Biogas, Environmental Justice and Health Impacts in North Carolina (by Sacoby Wilson) Monday, August 23, 2021 Agenda WebEx recording on YouTube Meeting Minutes Supporting Materials Presentations Biogas...The Case to Protect Environmental Justice Communities (presentation by Sherri White-Williamson) Monday, May 24, 2021 Agenda WebEx Recording Meeting Minutes Supporting Materials NRDC - Developing Visual Tools for Carbon Policy EPA Region 4 - The Path Forward for Environmental Justice: Serving Our Communities SELC - Petition for Rulemaking to Establish a Budget for CO2 Emissions from the Electric Power Sector and Join the REgional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Andrea Harris Task Force Subcommittee March 2021 Meeting - Dr. Robert Bullard presentation (YouTube) Monday, April 26, 2021 Special Meeting to Discuss Zero-Emission Vehicle MOU WebEx Recording Meeting Minutes Board's responses to MOU questions Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 Agenda Division of Air Quality Update / Medium + Heavy Duty Zero Emission Vehicles Briefing Panelists' Bios WebEx Recording Meeting Minutes Monday, Nov. 23, 2020 Agenda Erosion and Sedimentation Control and Stormwater Programs and Robeson LNG (presentation) Introduction to Air Quality Permitting and Review of the Active Energy Permit WebEx Recording Meeting Minutes Monday, Oct. 5, 2020 - Special Board Meeting Agenda Presentation WebEx Recording Meeting Minutes Monday, August 24, 2020 Agenda WebEx Recording Health Disparities and COVID-19 in EJ Communities presentation by Dr. Deepak Kumar Andrea Harris Social, Economic, Environmental, and Health Equity Task Force presentation by Emily Roach (NC Dept. of Administration) Meeting Minutes Thursday, June 25, 2020 - Special Subcommittee Meeting Agenda WebEx Recording Meeting Minutes Thursday, June 18, 2020 - Subcommittee Meeting Draft Agenda WebEx Recording Meeting Minutes Thursday, June 11, 2020 - Special Meeting Agenda WebEx Recording Meeting Minutes Monday May 18, 2020 Agenda Community Mapping System 1.0 and Public Participation Plan Update Presentation Clean Energy Plan - Equity Recommendations & Actions Presentation Video Call Recording Meeting Minutes February 24, 2020 Agenda Meeting Minutes EJ Board EO 80 Updates Presentation Permitting 101 Presentation WebEx Recording Cumulative Impacts Presentation November 20. 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes 2020 Census Environmental Justice Presentation Executive Order 80 Presentation Official Action Overview Presentation WebEx Recording August 21, 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes Meeting Video May 22, 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes Community Mapping Tool Presentation City of Charlotte Strategic Energy Action Plan Presentation Coal Ash Impoundment Closure Decision Presentation AFO and General Permit Presentation Overview of Executive Order No. 80 Presentation Livestream Video February 12, 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes November 14, 2018 CCR in NC Presentation Agenda DEQ Division Overview Materials Meeting Minutes July 11, 2018 Livestream video Meeting Minutes Board's Advisory Statements Environmental Justice and Equity Board Statement on Coal Ash Removal (Feb. 15, 2019) Environmental Justice Official Actions (Nov. 20, 2019) Environmental Justice and Equity Board Recommendations on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (July 1, 2020) Environmental Justice and Equity Board Recommendations on Development of the General Permit for Farm Digesters (Aug. 26, 2021) Response from Secretary Biser (Nov. 23, 2021) Environmental Justice and Equity Board Recommendations on Biogas General Permit (Oct. 22, 2021) Subcommittee Materials Materials shared with EJE Board for June 18 meeting Atlantic Coast Pipeline (DEQ web page) Documents provided to subcommittee by Dominion FERC EIS EJ excerpt Q4 Attachment 1-Updated Consultation Tables Appendix A: Communications with State Tribes Mountain Valley Pipeline (DEQ web page) Provided to subcommittee for June 25: N.C. Department of Environmental Quality Aug. 7, 2017 Letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Dominion Powerpoint at 2017 Customer Meeting - Pages 1 and 58 ACP Unpermitted Pipeline Handout June 24, 2020 Cabinet Agency EJ Leads See the Environmental Justice and Equity Leads at each of the cabinet agencies
