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SUMMARY:Comment Deadline for Roanoke Valley Lumber
DESCRIPTION:Draft Permit\nEnvironmental Justice Snapshot \nRoseburg Forest Products applied to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality\, Division of Air Quality\, for a PSD (Prevention of Significant Deterioration) permit to construct and operate a new lumber sawmill\, named Roanoke Valley Lumber\, located at 290 Power Place Drive\, Weldon\, Halifax County\, NC. The mill will process southern yellow pine logs and includes lumber operations\, lumber drying\, planer mill\, and an emergency fire water pump. \nThe facility will be constructed in two phases: the first phase will support up to 300 million bd-ft per year of lumber drying capacity. The second phase will support additional 200 million bd-ft per year lumber drying capacity bringing the total capacity to 500 million bd-ft/yr. Even though the facility will be constructed in two phases\, this PSD permit approval is for the entire project (five kilns and ancillary equipment). \nThe facility is a new “major stationary source” for at least one regulated NSR pollutant (VOC). This new facility will also result in significant increases in the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). \nPersons wishing to submit written comments or request a public hearing regarding the Air Quality Permit are invited to do so. Requests for a public hearing must be in writing and include a statement supporting the need for such a hearing\, an indication of your interest in the facility\, and a summary of the information intended to be offered at such hearing. \nWritten comments or requests for a public hearing should be postmarked no later than February 17\, 2022 and addressed to daq.publiccomments@ncdenr.gov (Please type “Roanoke Valley Lumber.21A” in the subject line)\, or mail written comments to:\nNCDEQ Division of Air Quality\n1641 Mail Service Center\nRaleigh\, North Carolina 27699-1641 \nA public hearing may be held if the Director of the DAQ determines that significant public interest exists or that the public interest will be served.
URL:https://cwfnc.org/calendar/comment-deadline-for-roanoke-valley-lumber/
CATEGORIES:Action Item,Comment Deadline
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220207T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220207T120000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125533
CREATED:20220125T234042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220125T234042Z
UID:6898-1644228000-1644235200@cwfnc.org
SUMMARY:NC Secretaries' Science Advisory Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:North Carolina Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board to meet February 7 \nRALEIGH – The state Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board will meet on Monday\, February 7\, via WebEx. The public is invited to attend the meeting online or by phone. \nIn addition to routine updates by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Department of Health and Human Services\, DEQ staff will provide presentations on the rule-making processes for ground\, surface and drinking water. There will also be a presentation on recent actions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). For details\, view the agenda. \nWHAT: North Carolina Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board MeetingWHEN: February 7\, 2022\, at 10 a.m.ONLINE: To listen via online WebEx: Link to Online MeetingTo Listen via Phone: +1-415-655-0003\, Access Code: 2425 175 9773 \nIf you wish to speak\, you must register by 5 p.m. on February 4\, 2021. To register\, please visit complete the registration form. \nFor those attending online\, DEQ highly recommends testing out your computer’s WebEx capabilities prior to the below digital public hearing. Please click this link to test an online hearing: https://www.webex.com/test-meeting.html. \nThe Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board currently includes 13 experts in toxicology\, public health\, ecology\, engineering and other related fields. Their expertise assists the state departments of Environmental Quality and Health and Human Services by recommending reviews and evaluations of contaminants\, acting as consultants on DEQ’s determinations to regulate contaminants\, and helping the agencies identify contaminants of concern and determine which contaminants should be studied further. \nTo learn more about the board and hear recordings of past meetings\, please visit: https://deq.nc.gov/about/boards-and-commissions/secretaries-science-advisory-board.
URL:https://cwfnc.org/calendar/nc-secretaries-science-advisory-board-meeting-2/
CATEGORIES:Public Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T110000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125533
CREATED:20220201T213229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220201T213229Z
UID:6945-1644397200-1644404400@cwfnc.org
SUMMARY:State Water Infrastructure Authority Meeting
DESCRIPTION: The State Water Infrastructure Authority will meet Wednesday\, Feb. 9 at 9:00 a.m.\, virtually\, via WebEx. The public is invited to join the meeting online or by phone. \nFor virtual attendees who wish to speak during the informal public comment portion of the meeting\, please email Jennifer Haynie at jennifer.haynie@ncdenr.gov by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday\, Feb. 8. Please include your full name and organization. Please note that any comments will be limited to three minutes each. \nWHO:          State Water Infrastructure Authority\nWHAT:       MeetingWHEN:       Wednesday\, Feb. 9\, 2022 at 9:00 a.m.\nWHERE:     Virtually\, via WebEx\, online or by phone \nINSTRUCTIONS FOR LISTENING TO THE MEETING VIA WEBEX: \nONLINE:     Password: NCDWI (Event # 2436 139 4775):  \nhttps://ncdenrits.webex.com/ncdenrits/onstage/g.php?MTID=e282126db12ff771ab007c61ffe598c5c \nBY PHONE: 1-415-655-0003\, Access Code: 2436 139 4775 \nThe authority is an independent body with primary responsibility for awarding federal and state funding for water and wastewater infrastructure projects. Other responsibilities include developing a state water infrastructure master plan\, recommending ways to maximize the use of available loan and grant funding resources\, and examining best and emerging practices. \nTo learn more about the State Water Infrastructure Authority: https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-infrastructure/state-water-infrastructure-authority
URL:https://cwfnc.org/calendar/state-water-infrastructure-authority-meeting-2/
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Public Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T170000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125533
CREATED:20220216T200807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220216T200944Z
UID:7200-1645095600-1645117200@cwfnc.org
SUMMARY:Information Sessions on draft permit for NC Renewable Power in Lumberton
DESCRIPTION:NC Renewable Power incinerates wood chips\, poultry litter\, and poultry cakes and produces electricity that is sold to Duke Energy. It is a highly polluting facility with major violations and  fines issued by NC DEQ. We are sharing this with you due to your interest in environmental and public health and environmental justice across North Carolina. \nThe two statewide informational sessions will be held at 11:00 am and 4:00 pm on Thursday\, February 17th. The Zoom Invite information is below.  \nWe are asking for local\, regional\, and statewide environmental organizations to: \n(1) support our local efforts to stand in opposition to the permit application of NC Renewable Power; \n(2) attend one of the information sessions on Thursday and learn about the facility\, its incineration process\, the pollution that it releases\, its plans to expand operations\, and the high number of violations\, fines\, and deficiencies that it has received for not keeping its state permit agreements; \n(3) attend and receive information about the DEQ Public Hearing on Monday\, call in information\, and how to sign up to make comments at the hearing.  \n(4) sign up to make a 2-3 minute comments  at the DEQ Public Hearing on Monday; and \n(5) organize constituencies across the state to attend the public hearing to indicate support for local residents in Robeson County and others throughout Eastern NC.    \nOur Eastern NC counties in the Sandhills and Coastal Plains are overburdened by unregulated and poorly regulated factory farms and the massive expansion of dirty industries that claim to be renewable.  They include what is inappropriately called “biomass” and “biogas”. As is said\, there’s nothing renewable and “bio” about these false solutions to the climate crisis but “bio harm”.   \nHere’s the zoom invite information for the optional meetings at 11:00 am and 4:00 PM this Thursday\, February 17th: \nTopic: NC Renewable Power and Public Hearing Information Sessions\nTime: Feb 17\, 2022 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM EST \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/3052705077?pwd=QXM1UG1peVFsS01hWHp6UVQyZUFzUT09\nMeeting ID: 305 270 5077\nPasscode: 963140 \nInformation to Review on NC Renewable Power  \nhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1-ezugSKeKYPr2jv6VQVPziM_xJwAU5BL6vwB_GAt2eQ/edit \nhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1-sVog6mCBugJHlS1_pJOYSqx4060zCWZistjKYNwXKw/edit \nhttps://coastalplainsadvocate.bulletin.com/is-this-the-solution-to-the-poultry-litter-problem \nNC Department of Environmental Quality Announcement of the Public Hearing\, Call-in information\, and information for signing-up to make comments \nhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1hPMu7LRYjqa1072i3cB-_Fytg2QIZS9mpxUFYe98apY/edit \nSubmitted by the Local Planning Team\nJeff Currie\, Lumber RiverKeeper\nDonna Chavis\, Friends of the Earth and RedTailed Hawk Collective\nMac Legerton\, Robeson County Cooperative for Sustainable Development
URL:https://cwfnc.org/calendar/information-sessions-on-draft-permit-for-nc-renewable-power-in-lumberton/
CATEGORIES:Public Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220220T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220220T180000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125533
CREATED:20220207T190649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T190719Z
UID:6994-1645372800-1645380000@cwfnc.org
SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture: Environmental Injustice: Race\, Class & Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, February 20\, 2022 4:00 PM –  6:00 PM ET \nJoin the Creation Care Alliance on Sunday\, February 20th\, at 4:00 pm for “Environmental Injustice: Race\, Class & Climate Change” with Will Barber III. Barber’s presentation will focus on the many social justice implications of climate change and will be followed by a conversation and Q & A period. This will be an opportunity for participants to consider deeply how environmental racism and climate injustice can be addressed systematically and within their communities\, congregations\, and lives to create a just\, sustainable\, and compassionate future. \nThis event is being sponsored by the Creation Care Alliance of WNC\, MountainTrue\, Conserving Carolina\, First United Methodist Church of Hendersonville\, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hendersonville\, First Congregational Church of Hendersonville\, Trinity Presbyterian Church of Hendersonville\, St. James Episcopal Church of Hendersonville\, and Grace Lutheran Church of Hendersonville. \nThis conversation will be offered via Zoom as well as streamed in two in-person locations\, Contemporary Baptist Church in Hendersonville and Grace Lutheran Church in Hendersonville. At Grace Lutheran\, there will be two streaming rooms: one in English and one in Spanish. We hope you will attend this important event!
URL:https://cwfnc.org/calendar/virtual-lecture-environmental-injustice-race-class-climate-change/
CATEGORIES:Action Item,Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220221T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220221T200000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125533
CREATED:20211216T223126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220218T194839Z
UID:6686-1645466400-1645473600@cwfnc.org
SUMMARY:Public Hearing on Draft Air Permit for North Carolina Renewable Power
DESCRIPTION:Talking Points from Grassroots and Community Organizations \nSummary of Major Talking Points on NCRP \nNCRP Advocates Talking Points \nEnvironmental Justice Policies Can’t Support the Status Quo \nNorth Carolina Renewable Power (NCRP) Information/Bullet Points \nPublic Hearing to be held February 21 on Draft Air Permit for North Carolina Renewable Power \nRALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) will host a remote public hearing on a draft permit for the North Carolina Renewable Power facility in Lumberton. The public is invited to participate in the February 21\, 2022 hearing online or by phone. The facility has applied for a permit modification to implement a boiler maintenance project and to meet the requirements of a 2017 Special Order by Consent. \nThe facility currently holds a Title V permit and burns wood\, poultry cake\, and poultry litter in two boilers to generate steam that is used to generate electricity in the existing turbine.  Under the current operating permit\, the facility has been classified as a minor source based on accepted\, enforceable limits of 250 tons per year for multiple pollutants regulated under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program. The draft permit reclassifies the facility as a PSD major source to reflect the current emissions\, operating scenarios\, and additional boiler modifications and requires the facility to implement Best Available Control Technology on its boilers and other emission sources. \nEvent title: North Carolina Renewable Power – Lumberton\, LLC – Public Hearing\nDate and Time: February 21\, 2022 at 6 p.m.\nPhone: US TOLL +1-415-655-0003\, Access code: 2436 352 5767\nWebEx Link: https://bit.ly/31U012y Event Password: NCDAQ \nInternet access is not required to participate and comments can be provided by phone. If you wish to speak at the public hearing\, you must register by February 21\, 2022 at 4 p.m. To register\, please visit: https://forms.office.com/g/4gi7XqYdaq or call (919) 707-8714. \nFor those who are unable to attend or who experience technical difficulties\, comments can also be submitted by email to DAQ.publiccomments@ncdenr.gov with the subject line [“NCRP.17C”] You may also leave a voicemail comment at 919-707-8714. Comments will be accepted until February 24\, 2022 at 5 p.m. \nThe public notice\, draft permit\, draft permit review\, draft environmental justice report and related documents are available online.
URL:https://cwfnc.org/calendar/public-hearing-on-draft-air-permit-for-north-carolina-renewable-power/
CATEGORIES:Action Item,Hearing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T193000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125533
CREATED:20220216T184039Z
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UID:7195-1645725600-1645731000@cwfnc.org
SUMMARY:Andrea Harris EJ & Inclusion Subcommittee Invites Public Comment on Policy Recommendations
DESCRIPTION:Andrea Harris Environmental Justice and Inclusion Subcommittee Invites Public Comment on Policy Recommendations \nRecommendations will aid communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 \nThe Andrea Harris Task Force’s Environmental Justice and Inclusion Subcommittee will host a listening session on Thursday\, February 24 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. to hear comments from the public on priorities for addressing environmental justice concerns across the state. Listening session topics range from inequities in housing to overall impact of COVID-19 in North Carolina communities. A full list of topics for discussion are available to view on the Task Force website. \nMeeting introductions will be offered in English and Spanish. Comments can be submitted in Spanish and will be translated after the session to ensure accuracy. \nHow You Can Participate – Virtual Meeting & Submitting Comments \n\nMembers of the public can sign up to provide comments by completing the online participant form by 4 p.m. on February 24. Each member of the public will be allowed a total of three minutes to speak.\nAttendees can participate online or by phone.\nJoin via WebEx\nWebinar #: 2435 790 4502; passcode: BSv68AYfpE7 (27868293 from phones)\nJoin via phone: +1-415-655-0003 US Toll\n+1-904-900-2303 United States Toll (Jacksonville)\nAccess code: 243 579 04502\n\nNot able to attend the listening session? Members of the public can submit comments through March 17\, 2022. You may send your comments/suggestions in one of three ways. \n\nComplete the Andrea Harris Task Force public feedback form.\nLeave a voicemail at (919) 707-8626\nMail correspondence to the NC Department of Administration\nATTN: Andrea Harris Task Force\, 1301 Mail Service Center\, Raleigh\, NC 27699-1301\n\nEstablished under Governor Roy Cooper’s Executive Order No. 143\, the Task Force’s mission is to address the social\, environmental\, economic\, and health disparities in communities of color disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. The Task Force is comprised of five subcommittees targeting core areas including Access to Healthcare\, Economic Opportunities and Business Development\, Educational Opportunity\, Environmental Justice and Inclusion\, and Patient Engagement. Learn more about the Task Force including 2021 biannual report here. \nAbout NCDOA and the Andrea Harris Task Force \nThe N.C. Department of Administration acts as the business manager for North Carolina state government. Under the leadership of Secretary Pamela B. Cashwell\, the department oversees government operations and advocacy programs. The department’s advocacy programs help to promote and assist diverse segments of the state’s population that have been traditionally underserved. The Andrea Harris Social\, Economic\, Environmental\, and Health Equity Task Force addresses the social\, environmental\, economic\, and health disparities in communities of color disproportionally impacted by COVID-19. The Task Force is named in honor of the late civil rights activist\, Andrea Harris\, who dedicated her life to eliminating disparities in North Carolina\, co-founding the non-profit Institute of Minority Economic Development in Durham and serving on the state’s Advisory Council for Historically Underutilized Businesses.
URL:https://cwfnc.org/calendar/andrea-harris-ej-inclusion-subcommittee-invites-public-comment-on-policy-recommendations/
CATEGORIES:Comment Deadline,Public Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220228T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220228T180000
DTSTAMP:20260527T125533
CREATED:20220209T200703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220209T200741Z
UID:7038-1646060400-1646071200@cwfnc.org
SUMMARY:Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board will hold its meeting Monday\, February 28\, remotely via teleconference. Members of the public are welcome to participate online or by phone. Internet access is not required to attend the meeting. \nWHO:             Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board \nWHAT:          Board Meeting via teleconference (WebEx) \nWHEN:          Monday\, February 28\, from 3 to 5 p.m.                        A public comment period will be held from 5 to 6 p.m.                       To sign up to provide comments\, please complete the online form by 2 p.m. on February 28. \nTo attend via WebEx\, go to the following website:https://ncdenrits.webex.com/ncdenrits/onstage/g.php?MTID=eaa09bdabfdf553fd3237ee4ba97d578cMeeting number:  2436 227 7768Event password: NCDEQPhone: +1-415-655-0003 US TOLLAccess code: 2436 227 7768 \nMembers of the Board were selected from across North Carolina and represent the diverse cultures of the state. To view a full list of the Board’s members and additional meeting materials go to: https://deq.nc.gov/outreach-education/environmental-justice/secretarys-environmental-justice-equity-board.
URL:https://cwfnc.org/calendar/environmental-justice-and-equity-advisory-board-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Action Item,Community Event,Public Meeting
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