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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDEQ-CFW_00080148From: insider@ncinsider.com [insider@ncinsider.com] Sent: 7/13/2017 4:00:38 AM To: Kritzer, Jamie [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=cee93c49d01445a3b541bb327dcdc840-jbkritzer] Subject: Insider for July 13, 2017 • Today's, lnside�- ( D ) NC1.NS1D.ER,.1-- STAGE GOVERNMENT NEWS S:E. "I'm actually closer to four other state capitals Sen. Jim Davis, R-Macon on his 315-mile commute to Raleigh during the session. Session• Former -• 3-ter, R-Mecklenburg, loved serving in the N.C. House,but in 3uly 2016 -- after a to refocus. "For me personally, . . g inothing short of tragic," said of how - commitmen family impacted his life. He said he had to close his trucking business after 14 years and had put his financial ruin. volunteered for the ii but • II recognize, • i - the impacton business, • And to 3eter, the General Assembly is no longer the part-time citizen legislature it was intended my not being there every day, and spending so much time away," he said. •spending 0hours,•urs a week doing i• when we'renot o 3eter said. "To me we're already at full-time, and we don't get compensated." I DEQ-CFW 00080148 DEQ-CFW 00080149 - i, �• r i �. • lip .. �,f - . r. -. r _ w r . .' r- - . ..� r • • 'f i . sf • •� i f^ r r • i- .r . II i- • - rl • rI f . 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Cooper,"Legitimizing charitable gambling in this way could give video poker a new way to infiltrate our . f in a short• statement emailed to media Wednesdayafternoon. "Allowing the industry to masquerade as a charity could cause unintended permits to be issued, . • without toughpenalties • -ment would be Legislators from both sides of a own issuesbill,r • that it could be abused. Sponsors said it was innocentintent,'1. i' events non-profitsalready to raise money in the state. The bill was repeatedly debated and amended during session, eventually passing the Houseand the Senate 27-15. Republicans h• f a veto proof rchamber,but given bipartisan fp for i against the bill,overturn • If prove difficult. It would take a vote - of r enforcementpresent in both chambers to override Cooper's veto. The governor signed a bill Wednesday that will add lessons on what to do when pulled over by law drivers education '1 on, House Bill 21, passed both chambers unanimously. The state will develop this curriculum in consultation with the State Highway Patrol, N.C. Sheriff's Association and N.C. Association of Chiefs of Police, and information will also be included in drivers license handbooks. Among other things, the lesson will include appropriate interact• enforcement officers. bill signingsf by the governor'soffice Thursday (with summaries provided by his • - House• Bill An act to clarify when the registrationof a vehicle renewed by of registration plate expires. • • i to authorize permitted oversized or overweight vehicles to travel after sunset when transporting and delivering cargo, containers,or other equipment to or from internationalf• • House Bill 159: An act to extend the amount of time a charter school has to elect to become participating employer in the teachers an• state employees'retirement• •' Bill 90to reduce the numberof destitute firefighter honorably with a certified fire department must serve in order to receive financial assistance from • . • f and to simplify variousr fi. • reporting requirements. • House Bill 212: An act to reauthorize the division of motor vehicles to issue a special registration plate for the Zeta Phi Beta sorority. • House Bill to require the court to attempt • identify outstanding before entering an order only defendant is in cust recommended by the North• • • •' House• to make technical correctionsto the general recommended by o' • and to make other conforming, • clarifying changes. • House Bill 48s An act to make -changesto theadult- home nnursing home advisory committees to conform to the administration fir community living rules and recent changes to the State Long -Term` Ombudsman program ani to direct f. - of and Human Services to study the HOPE act and related federal regulations and to make recommendations to the joint1 oversight c• - • , health • Senate Bill 8: An act to provide f' i • to building •de provisions allowing construction of parking garage to extend across a loti-tween a city -owned lot and privately owned lot without meeting certain requirements;to restrict the stormwater runoff requirements• . government apply t• public airports;d to revise the DEQ-CFW 00080152 composition of r rn- Lincoln AirportAuthority,to name the airport,and to name airfieldthe within the airport. Senate Bill 69: An act providing that the Local Government Commission shall notify a finance officer or other employeewho performs the duties of officer when he or required to participate • related to the powers, duties,and responsibilities of finance officer and requiring the employing • . government or public • to notify training.the Commission when the finance officer or other employee has completed the required Senate Bill 74: An act implementing the recommendationsand guidelines of a Association of - Public HealthVeterinarians -•. r • the management of dogs, cats, • ferrets exposed to rabies. specialSenate Bill 119: An act to authorize the Division of Motor Vehicles to produce a Pisgah Conservancy -r • plate. (Travis Fain, WRAL NEWS, 7/12/17). Campaign. It's still unclear what - N.C. Senatedistrict map will look- next year after court -ordered redistricting, but one LI•.te has already raised about $82,000 to run for• e Wiley Nickel, a former staffer in President•i. administration,opened a campaign organization in M. • hopes to flip a Republican -held seat. But with - uncertainty surrounding districts,••-sn't yet knowdistrict he'll filed his first campaigni•Ishowing. r f start in the period that ended brought in a t• of 0•• although $35,000 of am a contributio majoritiesmade to his campaign on 3une 30. "We're working hard to help break the Republicans' super ! said in an email to The Insider.f - of support receivedbodes very well forr- in Raleigh• pbell, THE INSIDER, 7/13/17). 1 Duke University's non -tenured faculty have reached a tentative agreement in their first union contract, which includesf pay and • g • appointments. negotiated contract would cover about 275 part-time and - contingentaccording r Service Employees I- • • Duke faculty joined last year. Average pay increases during the contract would be: 14 percent for faculty paid on a per -course i percent for-• ' • percent forApplied -• the lowest -paid Roughly . to two-thirds of • - categories would receive higher -than -average raises, to SEIU. The agreement aes multi -year teaching appointments,benefits as other Duke employees an• pay protections f• • courses. ' new fund would be set up for professional development. South,The deal makes history. It would be the first faculty union contract at a major private university in the r other SouthernFlorida and Tennessee are currently working to form unions.Duke officials declined to commentvote is ratified by the month.union's bargaining unit. Members will continue to vote on ratification through the end of the ■ and non -tenured faculty at Duke voted in March 2016• unionize. + group called Duke Teaching First led the effort to join the Servicer • - •Union hopes of better pay and benefits.i election at a private university in the South in decades. private universities around the country have seen an uptickr by contract• who are an increasinglyf part of f force in higher education. challengedEarly this year, a unionization vote by Duke graduate students failed after many votes were by the university and the union.(3ane OBSERVER, DEQ-CFW 00080153 t Wake Countyif plans • draft frelease conditions for people arrested during protest at the Legislative Building, saying Wednesday that banning them from the building goes too Thirty-two people, including NAACP president Rev. William Barber, were arrested during the May 30 protest over Republican lawmakers' refusal to expand the Medicaid program as allowed under the Affordable Care Act to provide health coverage for more low-income people. NAACP attorney Geeta Kapur said during a court hearing for several of the protesters that the state constitution specifically grants people the right to "instruct" legislators. The General Assembly is a public forum where lawmakers work, so protestors can't be banned from it, she said. CountyWake Attorney Vanessa Curtis argued common it people charged with trespassing to be banned from the specificproperty i e• until the case is resolved. The state has the power to impose reasonable restrictions on people's rights to avoid disrupting ' f - work, "Where the exercise of i 'i _ Amendment ri1 _ public purpose, appropriate that the government can step in and set reasonable•• District maintainedJudge Michael Denning. "The state has a significant governmental interest in seeing that the work of its legislative branch may occur and that the individuals employed to work in this building feel Curtis that the banned protesters c• • use other means to communicate lawmakers, such as phone calls or emails. But Barber said the Legislative Building belongs to the people o• should be open to Denning agreed that banning protestors i is broad, but . f there will 1' some omodified release conditionsplans toLeslie, WRAL RulesLewis Tweets House , . David Lewis called on . anonymous Twitt•reveal their Tuesdaynames •I • one of a tired"Thanks for tweeting to nothing," he tweeted to a Twitter user, identified only as "Der Meshugeh." "Feel good about screaming to the world? Good for you. Especially w/o pride in your real name. So of awaiting"Der Meshugeh" had criticized Lewis for not acting sooner to redraw legislative district maps. Lawmakers are . federal courtorder i set a timeline forprocess. The anonymous Twitter user used profanity • describe f • repeatedly e• on the user to to fail in cowardice,"-f."Come on D_ - i-h don't•^ Don'tbe • f Lewis also responded to an account labeled "Groucho Marxist." "Ah. Once again a 'creative' but fake and cowardly name," Lewis tweeted. "At least your description is accurate. Good effort at leftist trick 2 change subject." In another tweet ' Lewis said "Free speech means a person w courage 2 make their thoughts known. Ashamed of who you are? Prefer 2 throw poop in shadows? Sad."(Colin Campbell,D■ BlastingSeismic Shooting air guns into the ocean could•# be fair game in the search• oil and gas along North Carolinacoast, National• E f allowing the practice by f companies f publicwants the ` f communities"Seismic blasting" is a controversial technique using air guns to explore and map offshore oil a gas reserves deep beneath the ocean floor. They are towed behind ships, shooting loud blasts compressed air deep into the seabed. These blasts can be repeated every 10 seconds for days weeks at a time. Coastal d environmental activists say the blasts • • harm marine life -- including whales -- and disturb fishing and tourism. not i Carolina. f and activists f Carolina, f and Georgia galvanized by opposition t• offshore • also are opposed to air -gun blasting off their coastl DEQ-CFW 00080154 The fisheries service, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and also kno as NOAA Fisheries, is accepting public comments through 3uly 21 on proposals to allow companii "to incidentally, but not intentionally, harass marine mammalsaccording to a news release fro the fisheries service. In 3anuary, the Obama administration denied applications for seismic blasting along the East Coast, but President Donald Trump's administration reversed that decision through an executive order a few months later. Under the Trump administration, the fisheries service could issue as many as five permits to oil and gas companies to allow them to use the air guns to search for potential drilling sites. Dozens of members of the U.S. House -- including Republican Rep. Walter 3ones, who represent much of Eastern North Carolina -- sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in "strong opposition" to the use of air guns. In the letter, the members of Congress cited a 2014 study conducted by researchers at UNC, Duke and the NOAA off the North Carolina coast that showed seismic blasting resulted a decline in reef fish and that the seismic air guns can be heard more than 2,500 miles from their source, about two-thirds of the way across the Atlantic Ocean. Former Gov. Pat McCrory advocated for offshore energy surveying in 2014. Gov. Roy Cooper hasn't taken a position on the practice; Cooper's office did not respond to a request for comment.(Abbie Bennett, THE NEWS & OBSERVER, FMI111111V IMMT MMhV DEQ-CFW-00080155 door mediationbetween N.C. Department of • Quality regulatorsand . trio of environmentalgroups •r Civil Rights is helping represent. rightsThe center's clients in 2014 filed a federal regulatory complaint alleging that DEQ is violating the civil of i• neighbors by f to insist that farmers replace"grossly inadequateand outdated" f hog on - air and water. The complaintonly targeted - state government,f .r- f' • f and in essence agreeargues DEQ isn't doing its job. Mediation conferences are open only to the parties to a complaint, unless they all • • participate, • r • Agency officials said after the center's clients objected to and blocked the Pork Council's attempt to join the talks. Center for Rights -r Elizabeth Haddixsaid the Pork • •i' have any place in" dr f whether or • 1 • is honoring its obligations,and had "sought to interrupt the r • for r f the complaint.said the center'shad viewed the attempted intervention Ifan act of •. • because the time, place and agenda for - mediation was supposed to have been • •- and yet was leaked by DEQ to industrygroups. The Pork r board includesr of professors. Their r• • • b affected by the Board of Governors' pending decision about policy for law -school centers and institutes.(Ray Gronberg, DURHAM HERALD -SUN, Trawick, an editor • coordinated the • . • Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the effects of strip mining in Appalachia, died Saturday at Forsyth Medical Center. He was 80. Trawick died of complications of leukemia, said his son, Michael Trawick. A native of Macon, Ga., 3ack Trawick graduated in 1957 from Davidson College with a bachelor's degree f . • French,according i his obituary. - -f three years as a lieutenant the U.S. Navy. Trawick joined the staff of - 3ournal as a reporter•.won several awards for reporting government affairs and business news. He was promoted to assistant state editor in April '.• and then to state editor in April 96r^ he coordinated much of the coverage that earned the 3ournal's• Pulitzer Prize. Trawick retired in 1999 as an assistantto the publisher, •n said.(3ohn Hinton, ■ a 11�al 111110717r I 'ems that bonus fromthe state that wentout • some pilot program f.ve retentia bonuses • certain groups of • - of • - groups third -grade - • - students had high test• - r' i But there was . they had to be f third fl.r- in the same school district the next year to qualify. In an interview this winter, • • County Schools Chiefof • said some who taug' third grade in 2015-16 may have switched • ,•e for 2016-17before - - -r of bonus for r.st year's stui- performance. That would mean losing out on .f• 111 or 11# Without• f about the bonus and its conditions,• f have no way of knowing they'd be penalized for switching grades. Nor would principals o were possibly i teacher's bottom line in asking them to change. r new law, ratified on provides what it calls a "fr fUnderr •rmer third -grade teachers are eligiblefor between $3,500 and $7,000 as a substitutefor that bonus. They - taught third • .•- in 2015-16 and otherwise earned the bonus,but missed out because they moved grades within the same schoolfor . • other than refusing r thirdteach grade. The new law • provides bonus substitutesfor • moved out of advanced r ., . -. i long as they remained .. the same school and • f not refuse to teach ^. advanced courses.no provision aimed at teachers of r certification • The state legislature also voted to make a significantly expanded version of the bonus pilot program permanent. (3essie Pounds, GREENSBORO NEWS & RECORD, 7/12/17). Aquifer Draining Cape Fear Public Utility Authority has contracted with Wilmington -based Catlin Engineering t pump almost 50 million gallons of - -i by out of aquifer DEQ-CFW 00080158 stored for later use. Since early June, residents and officials have expressed great concern that GenX, about which very little is known, was found in their drinking water. A StarNews special report last month revealed that Chemours -- and before that DuPont -- has been releasing GenX into the Cape Fear River on -and- off since 1980 as a discharge from a vinyl ether process being conducted at its FayettevilleWorks CFPUA's aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is designed to take treated water from the Sweeney Water Treatment Plant and let it drain into the Upper Peedee Aquifer, where it is stored to be pumped out • drinking Executive Director . Wednesday during CFPUA's.. d of Directors Catlin Engineers and Scientists will remove 49 million gallons of water injected into the Upper Peedee Aquifer and test it for GenX. The contract is not to exceed $50,000, officials said.(Kevin Maurer, WILMINGTON A. New Trustees State lawmakers have appointed two new members to the N.C. A&T Board of Trustees and reappointed two current members to UNCG's governing board. All four appointees will serve four- year terms ending in June 2021. The new A&T board members are: Calvin Brodie, owner of a Raleigh general contracting company, Brodie Contractors, that has done workon • public schools• • Moses Cone Hospital, among others. A Zebulon resident, Brodie is the father of current A&T trustee Toby Brodie, who was appointed in 2015. Paul L. Jones,retired senior residentr- • a •.' who served in Lenoirand Greene Jonescounties. A Kinston resident, Jones is an A&T graduate who got his law degree at N.C. Central University. - E colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. They replace . . served two full termsandwasn'teligible • . f and Bullock, Both Bullock and Carroll were appointed to the UNCG board in 2013 by former Gov. Pat McCrory. These four appointments were made for the first time by _• - governor formerly picked four of the 12 members of each UNC school's board of trustees. (The UNC Board of Governors makes the other eight selections.) However, a new state law split these four seats • . the two houses of '1 This year, Senate President Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) nominated Brodie (A&T) and Bullock House Speaker Tim Moore • - •, nominated Jones ► 1 Carroll (UNCG). (John Newsom, GREENSBORO NEWS & RECORD, 7/12/17). Kerfuffle Allegations ma.' last week by i- of the Haywood Republican Alliance••. "partyCounty Republican Party recently passed a resolution charging five local Republicans with political disloyalty" • and angered fss the region and the state. The along Northwith the •li Republican • had remained silent on the issue, until now. "At this point there is no story because no charges have been d But that d• nothe t stop consummate purveyors of fact -free statements from trying to create a story," said HCGOP Precincl Chair f Carr in a letterto The Smoky Mountainon 1' On July 2, HRAi' .. ..- alleged in an email that he and fellow• aA members Davis, Richard West and Paul Yeagerhad, during the closed session of ie '• meeting, been charged with disloyalty and banned from party activity. Cabe's claim hinged solely on the DEQ-CFW 00080159 r • of local conservativeand HRA member Monroewho is also paradoxically member of •' and was also branded "disloyal" alleged resolution. askedWhen for commenton .I• it would be "inappropriate" executive committee member to reveal such closed-doorproceedings; lamented that one unnamed executive committee member -- presumably Miller "violated" that The ability of s private organization tr remove its own membersnot question,• service and due process requirements laid out in the NCGOP's governing documents. Haywood County Democratic Party Chair Myrna Campbell said that such a process exists within the North Carolina Democratic Party as well, but she'd never heard of it being used in her 12 years of party work. The NCGOP documents cited by NCGOP Executive Director Dallas Woodhouse say that formal one- third of the committee, and then presented to the accused two weeks prior to any i-Formal charges_ limited I • gross inefficiency,f.rty disloyalty or • comply with organizational plans. Woodhouse said that the process would also "require/allow all sides to present their case foriudgment." Miller f on e f obviously voted • on - i Ii f himself and others 'disloyal' Republicans, but the measure passed anyway, 12 to 2.(Cory Vaillancourt, THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, 7/12/17). DEQ-CFW 00080160 Turner • he has had some success in moving legislation by f • issues he and some Republican • -.1 - g - on, • fh none of bills forf sponsor •- it throughboth the House and Senate this year.The House r • approve a Turnerbill to limit hazardhunting from the roadside in Buncombe County, which Turner says would reduce poaching and ease a safety in rural areas,- has yet to Barrett, CITIZEN -TIMES, 7/12/17). Ocracoke HistoricThe National Park Service has approved a plan submitted by the North Carolina Department of Transportation to build a system to support the Hatteras-Ocra coke Passenger Ferry, which is scheduled to start running in 2018. A Finding of No Significant Impact was recently signed by Stan Austin, director of the Southeast Region of the National Park Service, completing the National Environmental Policy Act and Nationa'. Preservation Act processes that began to a news release. NCDOT requested a special use permit from the Park Service to construct several facilities within the boundaries of .re Hatteras National Seashore to support the operation. passenger f- project is aimef at easing long waits forcrosses existingThe Hatteras ferry- r. - will be • - -f into two additional parkingareas to waitingaccommodate passenger vehicles and NCDOT ferry division employees, and an open air passenger facility will -r • of -• •' •Walker,OUTER BANKS VOICE, i;ffr! - 10 a.m. I The North Carolina General Statutes Commission, Partition Task Force, 510 W. Williams St., Apex. Government Hearings Environmental.•- - Commission - Ground Floor Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh. 9 a.m. I The N.C. Board of Architecture hold public hearing on proposed rule changes, 127 Raleigh. DEQ-CFW 00080161 03 i . <'Mw Committee11 a.m. I The Executive of The North•I Partnership for Children 1100 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh. Contact: Yvonne Huntley, 919-821-9573. • • • • • . - see- - • •- • f ••f •ice •f.• • changes,* 9 a.m. I The N.C. Code Officials Qualification Board holds public hearing on proposed rule i• • Room,••• (Albemarle Building), f Raleigh. * 1 p.m. I The Board Development Committee of The North Carolina Partnership for Children meets, 1100 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh. Contact: Yvonne Huntley, 919-821-9573. 9 a.m. I The NC Wildlife Resources Commission meets, WRC Centennial Campus, 1751 Varsity Dr., Raleigh. IMIJIUMIM1119M 12 • •. • of • • • public • on proposed •' State Board of Elections Office, 441 N. Harrington St., Raleigh. 12 • •. • of • •rs' Committee on • • : Planning, Policies,• Programs, Board Room of the Center for School Leadership Development, 140 Friday Center Dr., Chapel Hill. Contact: 3osh Ellis, 919-962-4629. TBD I The Golden LEAF Foundation's board meets, TBD. Contact: 3enny Tinklepaugh, 888- •-41,' Education and Training Standards Commission•'• public hearing on proposed rule changes, Wake Technical Community College -Public Safety Training Center, 321 Chapanoke Road, Raleigh. DEQ-CFW 00080162 10 a.m. I The N.C. Rules Review Commission meets, Administrative Hearings office, Rules Review Commission Room, 1711 New Hope Church Road, Raleigh. 9 a.m. I Environmental Management Commission meets, Ground Floor Hearing Room, Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh. 9 a.m. I Environmental Management Commission meets, Ground Floor Hearing Room, Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh. 10:30 a.m. I The Standard Commercial Fishing License Eligibility Board to the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries meets, N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries' Wilmington District Office, 127 North Cardinal Dr. Extension, Wilmington. ° TBC> | The Golden LEAF Foundation's board DleetS,TB[}. [OOta[1: ]eOOyT|Ok|epaUgh, 888- 684-8404. ^ TBD | The NC Wildlife Resources Commission meets, VVRC C8Ot8QDia| CdDlpU5, 1751Vdr5itv Dr., Raleigh. 9 a.m. I Environmental Management Commission meets, Ground Floor Hearing Room, Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh. 9 a.m. I Environmental Management Commission meets, Ground Floor Hearing Room, Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh. 10 a.m. I The N.C. Rules Review Commission meets, Administrative Hearings office, Rules Review Commission Room, 1711 New Hope Church Road, Raleigh. OEQ-CFVV_00080163 TBD I The Golden LEAF Foundation's board meets, TBD. Contact: 3enny Tinklepaugh, 888- 684-8404. C! I The NC Wildlife Resources C• • -- Dr., Raleigh. Reviewa a meets,Administrative Hearings Review Commission Room, 1711 New Hope Church Road, Raleigh. 9 a.m. I Environmental Management Commission meets, Ground Floor Hearing Room, Archdale I1 i 512 N. SalisburyRaleigh. 9 a.m. I Environmental Management Commission meets, Ground Floor Hearing Room, Archdale d • 512 N. SalisburyRaleigh. 6 p.m. I The N.C. Division of Water Resources hold public meeting on Atlantic Coas) Pipeline Water Quality •n, Fayetteville Technical Community College Cumberland Hall Auditoriumi• ., Fayetteville. 09nU7T!nWM I 6 p.m. I The N.C. Division of Water Resources hold public meeting on Atlantic Coas) Pipeline Water Quality Certification, Nash Community College Brown Auditorium at 522 N. EiCarriageRoad, Rocky Mount. • • p.m. I The state Department on Quality holdspublic hearing concerning incorporation of i15 Ozone Ambient•. • and Readoption, Charlotte. pil • Staff Conference DEQ-CFW 00080164 * Staff Conference * Staff Conference Wra 3:30 p.m. I The UNC Board of Governors, Mountain View Conference Room of the Sherrill Center, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville. 9 a.m. I The UNC Board of Governors meets, Room 102, in the Reuter Center of the University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville. 12 p.m. I The Board of Governors' Committee on Educational Planning, Policies, and Programs, Board Room of the Center for School Leadership Development, 140 Friday Center Dr., Chapel Hill. MMUNUMMOTOW OEQ-CFVV_00080165 lZ-?M1Te 4 p.m. I Gov. Roy Cooper participates in a panel on the opioid crisis, Curbing the Opioid Epidemic: A Discussion with Governors on the Front Lines, Providence, Rhode Island. National Governors Association's summer meeting. BD I The NC Bankers Association host 81st Annual NC School of Banking, William & Ida Friday Center, UNC-Chapel Hill. The conference concludes on Aug. 4. No Time Given I The 77th Annual National Folk Festival opens in Downtown Greensboro for its third year in the state. Contact: Kaitlin Smith, 336-373-7523, ext 246. RIM • TBD I The NC Bankers Association hold Young Bankers Conference, Crowne Plaza Asheville Resort, Asheville. =- =q MTA M M N M 10 a.m. I The Carolinas Air Pollution Control Association hold Technical Workshop and Forum, Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort, 10000 Beach Club Dr., Myrtle Beach. TBD I The NC Bankers Association hold Women in Banking Conference, Renaissan Charlotte Southpark, 5501 Carnegie Blvd., Charlotte. i �—,sWka�- S�'-ate G,�."wnment N�ew-,s" Swv"ce 'P, a g :�q 1 9 1, 61 8 The o N,Nevvs DEQ-CFW-00080166