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Online Recovery Support During COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic has put severe stress on millions of people in recovery for substance use issues, as well as on friends and family who are trying to stand by them. Connection is considered an antidote to addiction, but the bans on gatherings have abruptly shut down support groups, leaving many people floundering for safety nets.

In response, many organizations are quickly making virtual meetings and counseling available on numerous platforms. Apps help people track their habits, meditate and find a community of peers. Here are some options below.

 

NHRMC Physician Group to Relocate Wallace Urgent Care Services

WALLACE, NC — NHRMC Physician Group is temporarily relocating Wallace Urgent Care to Rocky Point starting April 13, 2020, when services will transition to be part of Pender Primary Care. Hours of operation will change as a result of ongoing COVID-19 operations and will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

The move combines urgent care services in a renovated location that also hosts primary care physicians and an NHRMC Health & Diagnostics site, which offers patients a greater number of services at one location. Many urgent care patients will pay reduced co-pays based on primary care rates versus urgent care rates.

Pender Primary Care is located at 7910 US Hwy 117 S., Rocky Point, just off Interstate 40 exit 408.

While this move and change of hours is temporary, NHRMC Physician Group has plans to make the move permanent in the near future.

For more information, visit www.nhrmcphysiciangroup.org or call 910-285-0333.

Information Regarding the Operation of County Offices during COVID-19

Update on County Office Operations

Pender County remains ready to serve the public. Before visiting any county offices, please contact the department you wish to visit. Many services can be completed online or over the telephone. The Following County Offices are currently operating in the following capacity due to COVID-19:

Libraries
The Pender County Library can be reached at (910) 259-1234.
Pender County Public Library staff are busy broadcasting online story times on Facebook on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:00am. All due dates are being extended and automatic renewal is being implemented.
• They are also revamping the website, PenderPublicLibrary.org, adding new resources, such as Ancestry and TumbleBooks, that
customers can access online.
• E-books, E-audiobooks and videos are also available online through the library website.
• A library card number is necessary for most online services and you can apply online at PenderPublicLibrary.org.
• If you have questions, please call the libraries from 9am to 6pm Monday through Friday if you have a question or send them an email from the links provided at PenderPublicLibrary.org from “contact us.”

Tax Office
• Pender County Tax is fully operational.
• The listing forms can be submitted via mail submission back to the print vendor who will record and digitize them without the citizen having to enter the building.
• If a taxpayer would like to drop the listing form off at the tax office, they can use the outside drop box to submit those forms.
• Tax payments can still be made online and over the phone as well as at the secured lockbox in front of the Howard Holly building.
• As always, staff is available over the phone, via email and by appointment.
• Website to pay Pender County Tax bill: https://mss.pendercountync.gov/MSS/citizens/default.aspx
• It can also be found under the “I WANT TO” header on our website and click on view/pay my tax bill
• Email: assessorinfo@pendercountync.gov
• Tax Collections Phone Number: (910) 259-1222
• Tax Assessment Phone Number: (910) 259-1221

Parks and Recreation
Pender County Parks and Recreation can be reached at (910) 259-1330.
• Per the Governors Executive Order 121 Pender County Owned Playgrounds are closed until April 30th. At which time things will be reassessed.
• The Holly Shelter Shooting Range is closed until further notice.
• All organized league play and County Sponsored activities are suspended until further notice.
• Restroom Facilities remain open and are being cleaned and disinfected daily.
• Trails, Greenways, Athletic fields, and open space in parks remain open for normal operating hours. Social distance guidelines must be followed – park visitors should always keep at least 6 feet of distance between themselves and others, and no gatherings of more than 10 people may occur.
• Staff is not taking any new facility reservation request until further notice. This includes athletic fields, picnic shelters, the Hampstead Annex rooms, and the Pender County Courthouse Square.

Planning, Permitting, and Inspections
For more information, please call (910) 259-1202.
• In response to COVID-19, Pender County Planning and Community Development has remained committed to serving the public in anything they might need.
• Staff encourages anyone interested in applying for a building permit to do so using the PORT, which is our online permitting portal and can be found at pendercountync.gov/port/.
• A directory of all employees including direct phone lines and emails within the Permitting and Inspections Divisions can be found at pendercountync.gov/inp/, while the Planning Division directory can be found at pendercountync.gov/pcd/.
• If an in-person meeting is necessary, appointments are strongly encouraged, and staff from each of the three divisions are available at either the main County Complex in Burgaw or at the Hampstead Annex.

Register of Deeds Office
The Register of Deeds Office can be reached by calling (910) 259-1225.
• Staff is limiting public entry at this time.
• All vital records request should be done online or by mail.
• Recorders are encouraged to use our E-recording services.
• In-person recordings are handled by appointment.
• Marriage license are issued by appointment and the application should be completed online before the appointment.
• Notary Oaths are administered by appointment.

Utilities
PCU can be reached at (910) 259-1570.
Payment for water/sewer bills are accepted online at: https://mss.pendercountync.gov/MSS/citizens/default.aspx In addition, drive up window and drop box payments will be accepted in Burgaw for utility customers. A drop box is also available for utility payments at the Hampstead Annex.

Pender County Utilities follows EO 124 regarding water shut offs

BURGAW – Pender County Utilities (PCU) suspended all shut-offs, late fees, and reconnection fees for residential connections effective April 1.

“We’re following Governor Roy Cooper’s Executive Order 124 issued on March 31, assisting North Carolinians by prohibiting utility shut-offs, late fees, and reconnection fees in response to the COVID-19 pandemic,” Kenny Keel, Pender County Utilities director, said. “This notice and Executive Order do not include irrigation or commercial water services.”

Pender County Utilities suspended all shut-offs, late fees, and reconnection fees starting April 1. The Pender County Board of Commissioners authorized PCU to temporarily discontinue water disconnects March 16 in response to COVID-19.

“Customers are encouraged to pay as much of their bill as they can each month to avoid having an extremely large amount due once shut-offs are reinstated,” said Keel.

North Carolina Executive Order 124 states the following for Pender County Utilities water customers:
1. Customer account disconnections for nonpayment are suspended, likely for at least 60 days.
2. Pender County Utilities will not impose new penalties for late payments or collect on penalties that were imposed on residential accounts as of April 1 for at least 60 days. Normal usage fees will still apply for utility services you receive.
3. Customers with unpaid balances at the end of this grace period will be allowed a 6-month, interest-free time to pay off any balances with no late fees charged. Customers who need this payment plan must contact Pender County Customer Service at 910-259-1570.
4. To help our customers, we will follow our normal procedures in reconnecting customers whose accounts were disconnected prior to March 31. Customers who already may have been disconnected and wish to be reconnected during this period can call Customer Service at 910-259-1570 to arrange for service to be restored.

“Pender County Utilities assures you that your drinking water is safe,” said Keel. “Our employees are on the job and are taking extreme precautions to protect themselves and you from the effects of COVID–19.”

If you have any questions about this information, please go to pendercountync.gov/utl/ or call Customer Service at 910-259-1570. For additional information on COVID–19 go to www.ncdhhs.gov (North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services).

More information on the NC Executive Order 124 can be found on the web at: https://governor.nc.gov/documents/executive-order-no-124.

Pender County Government Holiday Hours

BURGAW – All Pender County Government offices will close Good Friday, April 10 and Monday, April 13 in observance of the Easter holiday. Offices will resume normal office hours on Tuesday, April 14.

Pender County Trash and Recycling Sites will remain open for regular service hours on the county’s Easter holidays of April 10 and April 13. The Hampstead Transfer Station house will also remain open for regular service hours during the county’s Easter holidays. Please display your recycle or full-service trash decals or provide proof of residency with a bill using your Pender County address.

“Let us take this opportunity to remind Pender County residents that many government services are available 24/7 online,” Chad McEwen, Pender County manager, said. “We urge residents to stay home and follow Gov. Cooper’s Stay at Home Executive Order 121. Please practice social distancing when shopping for essentials. Residents are urged to practice good hygiene, wear a face-covering mask, and use hand sanitizer with 60 percent alcohol. If we follow these simple guidelines, the quicker we can return to our normal lives.”

Under the Cares Act, SBA Loans are available to nonprofits

The CARES Act, which provides additional assistance for small business owners and non-profits, includes the opportunity to get up to a $10,000 Advance on an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL). This Advance may be available even if your EIDL application was declined or is still pending and will be forgiven. If you wish to apply for the Advance on your EIDL, please visit Disaster Assistance as soon as possible to fill out a new, streamlined application. In order to qualify for the Advance, you need to submit this new application even if you previously submitted an EIDL application. Applying for the Advance will not impact the status or slow your existing application.

Nonprofit groups must be a 501(c)3 to qualify.

How may I use an Economic Injury Disaster Loan?
The loan provides working capital for disaster-related needs until your business or private, non-profit organization recovers. You may request an EIDL for the amount of economic injury but not in excess of what your business or private, non-profit organization could have paid if the disaster had not occurred. EIDL loans cannot refinance longterm debts or provide working capital needed before the disaster. EIDL loans do not replace sales or lost profits.

For additional information, please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center. Call 1-800-659-2955 (TTY: 1-800-877-8339) or e-mail disastercustomerservice@sba.gov.

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DEQ requires Chemours to make revisions to its corrective action plan

RALEIGH – The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will require extensive revisions to the proposed Corrective Action Plan submitted by Chemours on December 31, 2019, due to inadequacies in the plan.

“The proposed plan is clearly deficient and fails to address the fundamental purposes of a corrective action plan,” said Michael S. Regan, DEQ Secretary. “Chemours will not receive approval from this department until they address appropriate cleanup measures for the communities impacted by the contamination and meet the terms of the Consent Order.”

The purpose of the Corrective Action Plan is to address remediation of groundwater and soil and significantly reduce PFAS flowing from onsite groundwater into surface water. As noted in the Consent Order, the corrective action plan must adhere to DEQ’s groundwater rules.

Based on initial review, the proposed Corrective Action Plan lacks a thorough technical basis, including an adequate assessment of human exposure to PFAS compounds and a thorough evaluation of on- and off-site groundwater contamination. In addition, DEQ believes the plan does not provide for appropriate remediation of on-site groundwater or off-site contamination.

In addition to internal review, DEQ provided the proposed Corrective Action Plan to the public for comment. From January 6 to April 6, DEQ received more than 1,240 public comments and DEQ staff continues to review the comments. The vast majority of the commenters believe the proposed plan from Chemours is not sufficient to address community concerns, the requirements of state law and the Consent Order. The public comments are available online here.

The February 2019 Consent Order and related documents are available online at https://deq.nc.gov/ChemoursConsentOrder.

April 7 Situation Report

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Here is today’s Situation Report. There are two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Pender County. The health department knows of 89 residents who have been tested for COVID-19 (this does not include the number of tests by medical providers outside the county); 72 of those tests were confirmed negative and 16 tests are currently pending.

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