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State to hold first of two public meetings on draft Animal Feeding Operations General Permits
Story Date: 2/18/2019
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Source: NCDEQ, 2/15/19
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will hold the first of two meetings during the thirty-day comment period on three general permits for animal operations. The three permits are the Swine General Permit, the Cattle General Permit, and the Wet Poultry General Permit.
The first meeting on the three permits will be held Tuesday, February 19 at James Sprunt Community College in Kenansville at 6 p.m., registration begins at 5:30 p.m. The second will be held on February 26 at Statesville Civic Center in Statesville, NC at 6 p.m., registration begins at 5:30 p.m.
Nearly all North Carolina swine farms, as well as wet poultry and cattle, are subject to the requirements of their respective state general permits. Comments obtained through the comment period and meetings will inform the final permit language.
The comment period will last until March 4, 2019, and public comments may be submitted several ways:
• In person at the meetings listed below
• Via email:
o Swine General Permit: SwinePermit.Comments@ncdenr.gov
o Wet Poultry Permit: WetPoultryPermit.Comments@ncdenr.gov
o Cattle Permit: CattlePermit.Comments@ncdenr.gov
• By mail: Animal Feeding Operations
NC Division of Water Resources
1636 Mail Service Center Raleigh,
NC 27699-1636
The draft permits, examples of annual reports, and related fact sheets and information are available for review on the DEQ website at:https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-quality-regional-operations/afo.
Meeting dates, time and locations:
WHEN: February 19, 2019 at 6 p.m. (Registration begins at 5:30)
WHERE: James Sprunt Community College
133 James Sprunt Dr.
Kenansville, NC
WHEN: February 26, 2019 at 6 p.m. (Registration begins at 5:30)
WHERE: Statesville Civic Center
300 S. Center St.
Statesville, NC
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