The Environmental Management Commission’s water quality committee is to consider sending to the full commission proposed rules to manage 1,4-dioxane, and three types of PFAS during its 1:30 p.m. May 7 meeting in Raleigh.
The full commission is to meet at 9 a.m. May 8 and is to consider proposed amendments to Tar-Pamlico wastewater discharge requirements, proceeding to public comment on air curtain incinerator draft rule changes, and a few rules going through the periodic review process.
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The public can attend any of the meetings in person, all in the Archdale building, or listen in by computer or phone. Directions on how to join the meeting virtually, agendas and supporting documents are available on the commission website.
The water quality committee is to consider draft rules on monitoring and minimizing programs for PFOS, PFOA and GenX, which are types of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, and draft rules for 1,4-dioxane, all human-made chemicals that are likely carcinogens or associated with health issues.
The water allocation committee meeting at 9 a.m. May 7, and the following air quality committee meeting at 10:15 a.m. will both focus on informational items and rules in different stages of the periodic review process.
During the groundwater and waste management committee’s 11:30 a.m. May 7 meeting, commissioners are expected to hear updates on a landfill PFAS sampling initiative, and the expanded private drinking water well sampling for PFAS under the 2019 Chemours consent order.
The Environmental Management Commission oversees and adopts rules for several divisions of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, including the Divisions of Air Quality, Land Resources, Waste Management and Water Resources.
