NPDES Agenda March 2025_DRAFT (003)

NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
March 12, 2025 12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. NPDES COMMITTEE Bill Yarborough, Chair Presiding
This meeting will occur in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building at 512 N. Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC. The public may attend in person or via the state web conferencing links posted online at: https://www.deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-resources- commissions/environmental-management-commission/meeting-information.
In the event the previously scheduled Committee meeting adjourns prior to the estimated adjournment time, the other Committee meeting may be called to order by the Chair, fifteen minutes after the previous meeting adjourned.
I.Preliminary Matters
1.Call to Order and Notice of NCGS 138A-15 .................................... Chair Yarborough
North Carolina General Statute 138A-15 mandates that at the beginning of any meeting of a board, the chair shall remind all members of their duty to avoid conflicts of interest under this Subchapter. The chair also shall inquire as to whether there is any known conflict of interest with respect to any matters coming before the board at the time.
II.Information Items
1.Stormwater NPDES Permitting Overview (Mike Lawyer, DEMLR)
The Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources will provide an overview of North
Carolina’s Stormwater NPDES Program. The overview will include types of Stormwater NPDES
permits issued and the process for issuing those permits.
Attachment
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
2.Industrial and Municipal NPDES Permits (Michael Montebello, NPDES Branch Chief,
DWR)
The Division of Water Resources will provide an update on on-going permitting actions within
the Industrial Permitting Unit and Municipal Permitting Unit. The update will include current
permitting actions on three industrial permits that have received public comments and a general
status on Municipal NPDES permits.
Attachment
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION (updated)
III.Director’s Remarks ..........................................................................Richard Rogers, DWR
IV.Closing Remarks ..................................................................................... Chair Yarborough