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Awards and Recognitions: Congratulations are in order for the DEQ
Riverdogs for winning their fifth N.C. State Government Softball
League Tournament this week at the Dorothea Dix softball field. The
league includes eight state agency teams with its regular season
starting in May and winding up at the end of July. The Riverdogs
took second place during the regular season with an 11-3 record but
first place in the tournament by defeating the Department of
Transportation, the Administration Office of the Courts and the
Department of Justice. The State Government Softball League has
been in existence since 1989. DEQ's team entered the competition in
1999. Three DEQ players has been asked to participate in the All -
Star game next Wednesday, August 9d' . They are DWR's PWS' Brad
Whitman, Rebecca Duffy and DWM's Adam Ulislmey.
DEQ events this week
Aug. 7: Division of Water Infrastructure will conduct how -to -apply
training in Raleigh (N. C. Rural Center) for the fall 2017 funding
cycle for the following funding programs: Clean Water State
Revolving Fund, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, State
Wastewater Reserve, State Drinking Water Reserve, Asset Inventory
& Assessment grants, Merger/Regionalization Grants, and
Community Development Block Grants-Infrastructre.
Aug. 7, 5 p.m.: DEQ will host a public hearing on the proposed
2019-2024 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing
Program at the New Hanover Co. Govermnent Center in Wilmington.
Aug. 8: Division of Water Infrastructure will conduct how -to -apply
training in Kinston (Public Works Department) for the fall 2017
funding cycle for the following funding programs: Clean Water State
Revolving Fund, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, State
Wastewater Reserve, State Drinking Water Reserve, Asset Inventory
& Assessment grants, Merger/Regionalization Grants, and
Community Development Block Grants -Infrastructure.
Aug. 9,11 a.m.: DEQ representatives will join staff from the N.C.
Indian Affairs Commission to attend an Environmental Justice Forum
on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project at the Haliwa-Saponi Tribal
Government Complex in Hollister.
Aug. 9, 5 p.m.: DEQ will host a hearing on the proposed 2019-2024
National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program at the
Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City.
Aug. 9: Division of Water Infrastructure will conduct how -to -apply
training in Fayetteville (Fayetteville PWC) for the fall 2017 funding
cycle for the following funding programs: Clean Water State
Revolving Fund, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, State
Wastewater Reserve, State Drinking Water Reserve, Asset Inventory
& Assessment grants, Merger/Regionalization Grants, and
Community Development Block Grants -Infrastructure.
Aug. 10: Division of Water Infrastructure will conduct how -to -apply
training in Wilmington (Northeast Regional Library) for the fall
2017 funding cycle for the following funding programs: Clean Water
State Revolving Fund, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, State
Wastewater Reserve, State Drinking Water Reserve, Asset Inventory
& Assessment grants, Merger/Regionalization Grants, and
Community Development Block Grants -Infrastructure.
Aug. 10, 5 p.m.: DEQ will host a public hearing on the proposed
2019-2024 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing
Program at the Dare County Government Complex in Manteo.
Aug. 10: The Washington Regional Office Public Water Supply
section staff will take part in the N.C. Waterworks Operators
Association (NCWOA) Meeting August 10"' from 11 a.m. — 2:00
p.m. at the Pines of Elizabeth City, 1525 N. Road Street, Elizabeth
City, NC 27609. Jamie Midgette will give a Rules update.
Looking Ahead
Aug. 15, 5:30 p.m.: DEQ will host a listening session for
communities impacted by the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline
project at Nash County Community College in Rocky Mount.
Aug. 16, 5:30 p.m.: DEQ will host a listening session for
communities impacted by the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline
project at the Northampton County Cultural and Wellness Center in
Jackson.
Aug. 16: Energy Policy Forum and Council Meeting will be held in
the William G. Ross Conference Center. Opening remarks and the
forum will be at 8:00 AM and at 10:00 AM the Energy Policy
Council will meet. The forum will a series of Ted Talks presented by
leaders in North Carolina's energy spehere.
Aug. 17, 5:30 p.m.: DEQ will host a listening session for
communities impacted by the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline
project at the Robeson County Agriculture Center in Lumberton.
Aug. 22,10 a.m.: The N.C. Sedimentation Control Commission will
meet in the Archdale Building's ground floor hearing room.
Aug. 22: PWS Section Chief Jessica Godreau will be in Denver,
August 22nd as a member of the national Water Research
Foundation's Public Council on Water Research. The Council
provides input on research needs that address broad social issues
affecting the water community to address current and emerging
challenges.
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Pumps and Distribution Seminar August 24hfrom 8a.nu-4p.m.u1
the Nags Head Fire Department, Station l6.53|4S.Cooatan
Highway, Nags Head, NC 27959.
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discuss concerns and priorities during uwater outage incident. The
workshop will take place September 7ho1the Division of
Emergency Management's main office at 1636 Gold Star Drive in
Sept.20: State Water Infrastructure Authority meeting e1N. C.Rum|
Center, 4O2lCuryuDrive, Raleigh.
Sept.20-22:DA0ishosting the Association ofAir Pollution
Control Agencies (AAPCA)20|7Fall Business Meeting bnRaleigh.
Location: DonbleUcobyHilton Raleigh (Brownstone -Dnhersity).
Registration opens soon. The meeting will include open sessions for
all interested participants and closed sessions limited WAAPCA
members and governmental attendees.
Sept.27-%#zThe Coastal Resources Cnoonjosionwill meet iu
Wilmington. Location Whcdetermined.
Oct. 10-U:Division ofWater Infrastructure's Kim Colson and
Francine Durso will hcspeakers atthe Water & Finance Management
Journal's 20|7Water Asset Management Conference inBoston. The
Water Asset Management Conference gathers CEOs, directors,
general managers, asset managers and other decision makers of
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Doubletreoin Atlantic Beach.
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VSprosecutors seek records ofunregulated chemical inriver
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Despite toxic GenXconcerns, restaurant goers still drinking the
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Feds subpoena records from DEQ on chemical release in Cape Fear
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New Use for Coal Ash
Scientists a^N[ABJmake coal ash breakthrough
http://www.gneensboro.com/news/dun_rver/scientims-at-nc-a-t-
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Additional 1,4-0nxaneTest Results Received
GOKCOOPER TOURS PEND[R0. WATER TREATMENT PLANT AMID
GENX CONCERNS
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co'*mter-treatment'p|ant-amid'gen»concerns/
Cooper turns attention toward water quality statewide
http://www.wect.com/story/36012495/cooper-turns-attention-
towards-water-quality-statewide
Sand Project: More Turtles Than Expected
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Steel casing was being set aside when itcut power to Hatteras
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money spent
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Carolina coast
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