…do a good job for the country,” Holman said Tuesday. Holman and others said they hope Regan’s experiences dealing with GenX contamination and regulating new, relatively unknown contaminants will help focus the EPA on moving forward on new regulations and standards. In a statement supporting Regan ahead of Wednesday’s hearing,…
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EPA Denies Petition to Address PFAS
…as GenX, which is in the PFAS family, in the Cape Fear River. The state found that the Chemours facility in Fayetteville was the source. The EPA responded Thursday with a prepublication notice for the Federal Register explaining why the petition was denied and a letter to the petitioners: the…
DEQ Highlights Efforts Taken Over Past Year
…Roy Cooper’s Executive Order 80, which is North Carolina’s commitment to address climate change and transition to a clean energy economy. DEQ continued to hold the Chemours Co. accountable for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, contamination, including GenX, in the Cape Fear Region. As part of the signed Consent…
PFAS Levels Still High Despite Emission Cuts
…wastewater into the Cape Fear River. When converted into pounds per day, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, including GenX, are as prevalent in the water coming from the lower Cape Fear River since the state and Chemours Co.’s Fayetteville Works entered into a consent order more than a year…
DEQ Seeks OK for More PFAS Remediation
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality filed in court Tuesday a proposed addendum to the 2019 consent order under which the company is allowed to discharge pollutants, placing new requirements on Chemours to take additional steps to prevent GenX and other per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, from entering…
PFAS in NC Waters Virtual Forum Oct. 22
…Ralph Mead, University of North Carolina Wilmington Sheila Holman, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Carel Vandermeyden and Vaughn Hagerty, Cape Fear Public Utility Authority To learn more about the federation’s work on emerging contaminants, sign up for email alerts, or view a recording of last year’s forum, visit nccoast.org/genx….
Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board to Meet
…state departments of Environmental Quality and Health and Human Services by recommending reviews and evaluations of contaminants, acting as consultants on DEQ’s determinations to regulate contaminants, and helping the agencies identify contaminants of concern and determine which contaminants should be studied further. To hear recordings of past meetings, visit: https://deq.nc.gov/news/hot-topics/genx-investigation/secretaries-science-advisory-board….
Chemours Cited for Improper Waste Disposal
…debris,” according to DEQ. “By failing to perform analytical testing of the yard waste and soil for PFAS prior to transport and disposal at the referenced landfill, Chemours failed to ensure proper disposal of its solid waste in violation of 15A NCAC 13B.” Learn More Visit DEQ’s GenX investigation webpage….
Officials Take Steps to Curb Virus’ Spread
…also postponed several hearings, including an update in Hope Mills on GenX and per- and polyfluorinated substances, or PFAS, and a public hearing in Wilmington on methyl bromide and log fumigation. The state Coastal Resources Commission canceled its April meeting in Manteo and announced it would move all items on…
NC State Receives $7.4M to Study PFAS
…consumer and industrial products more water, stain and grease resistant, that can be found in a range of products such as cosmetics, textiles and firefighting foams. The PFAS class also includes fluoroethers such as GenX, which is a manufacturing byproduct that has been emitted into the air and through wastewater…
School Boards Eye Filtration to Remove PFAS
…to collect some of the fines imposed on Chemours Co., whose manufacturing facility near Fayetteville was identified as the source of high levels of the PFAS compound GenX detected in the Cape Fear River. Rep. Pricey Harrison, D-Guilford, who introduced several measures last session to address PFAS contamination, said the…
Budget Fights Increase Pressure on DEQ
…The long-term effect, she said, has been to make it generally harder for DEQ to get out in front of the state’s environmental quality challenges. “You get a reactive agency instead of a preventative agency that’s constantly trying to put out fires like GenX, like coal ash,” she said. “If…