⚖️DEA Revocation
The Drug Enforcement Administration revokes the registration of Sasha Melissa Ikramelahai due to allegations of material falsification and lack of state authority to handle controlled substances in North Carolina. The case underscores the significance of regulatory compliance in the healthcare sector, emphasizing the severe consequences businesses face when failing to uphold licensure integrity.
Learn More💧FERC Notice
The Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has accepted an application from Virginia Electric and Power Company for a non-project water withdrawal concerning the Roanoke Rapids & Gaston Hydroelectric Project. The notice invites public comments and outlines required compliance documentation, including essential water quality certifications due to environmental implications.
Learn More✈️Airspace Regulation Changes at Coastal Carolina Regional Airport
This action amends Class D and Class E airspace at Coastal Carolina Regional Airport, New Bern, NC, due to the current designated airspace not properly containing instrument flight rule operations. Additionally, this action amends Class E4 airspace at Coastal Carolina Regional Airport, New Bern, NC, due to portions no longer meeting the requirements of its designation. Lastly, this action amends the Class E5 airspace that no longer meets the requirements for its specific designation due to the amendment or cancellation of Standard Instrument Approach Procedures. Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and management of IFR operations in the area for existing instrument approaches.
Learn More🌊Environmental Assessment for Lake Upchurch Dam Project Availability
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has released a Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment regarding the Lake Upchurch Dam project in North Carolina. The assessment reviews the implications of surrendering the project's exemption and its potential environmental impacts, including alternatives to the proposed action. Comments on this notice are encouraged.
Learn More✈️FAA Proposes New Restricted Airspace Areas in North Carolina
This action revises an earlier notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that the FAA published in Federal Register on March 20, 2025, by correcting the geographic coordinates of a boundary point in proposed restricted areas R-5305A, R-5305B, and R-5305C; Camp Lejeune, NC. This action continues to propose restricted areas R-5307A, R-5307B, and R- 5307C; Cherry Point, NC. The purpose of this proposal is to create additional restricted area airspace to connect restricted area R-5003, R-5004, and R-5306 complexes to contain hazardous activities such as weapon deployment, non-eye safe lasers, and artillery within larger contiguous restricted area airspace that is required to realistically simulate essential training mission tasks.
Learn More🎣Summer Flounder Quota Transfer Regulation Impacting NC and VA Fisheries
NMFS announces that the State of North Carolina is transferring a portion of its 2025 commercial summer flounder quota to the Commonwealth of Virginia. This adjustment to the 2025 fishing year quota is necessary to comply with the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) quota transfer provisions. This announcement informs the public of the revised 2025 commercial quotas for North Carolina and Virginia.
Learn More⚡Notice of Transfer of Exemption for High Falls Hydroelectric Project
The Department of Energy announces the transfer of exemption for High Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 7987 from UP Property 2, LLC to Unique Places, LLC. The project, located in Moore County, North Carolina, will now operate under Unique Places without needing further Commission approval for the transfer. All correspondence should be directed to Unique Places' manager, Jeffrey A. Fisher.
Learn More✈️Class D and E Airspace Amendment Over Hickory, NC
This action revises an earlier notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that the FAA published in the Federal Register on May 22, 2025, by replacing an incorrect reference point within the Class D and Class E2 airspace descriptions and by adding a reference to the Tawba Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) to the Class E5 airspace description. This revised action continues to propose amending the Class D and Class E surface airspace at Hickory Regional Airport, Hickory NC, by increasing the radius and establishing an extension to the surface area due to standard instrument approach procedure and runway configuration changes. Additionally, this action continues to propose amending Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface for Hickory Regional Airport, Hickory, NC by increasing the radius and adding an extension. Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations in the area.
Learn More🛢️Public Scoping Session for Mountain Valley Pipeline Amendment Project
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announces a public scoping session to gather comments on environmental issues related to the Mountain Valley Pipeline Amendment Project. This scoping process aims to address potential environmental impacts and encourages community input regarding the construction and operation of the pipeline facilities in Virginia and North Carolina.
Learn More🏺Notice of Repatriation
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the North Carolina State University, Gregg Museum of Art & Design (Gregg Museum) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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