…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….
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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…
Health, Environment Central In Cooper’s Plan
…for more space, better ventilation and infrastructure upgrades in light of the increasing demands for testing and monitoring. Along with the improvements for Reedy Creek, the governor wants to put $12.5 million toward new equipment, additional personnel and a mobile testing lab for analysis of emerging compounds such as GenX…
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…
Chemours Submits to State PFAS Action Plans
…prevent further impacts to air, soil, groundwater and surface waters, according to NCDEQ. The Cape Fear River PFAS Loading Reduction Plan was required to be submitted within six months of the consent order. The full consent order and GenX investigation timeline can be found on DEQ’s website. The plan included…
PFAS Levels Spike In Cape Fear Water
WILMINGTON — The presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances has spiked in the region’s drinking water supply. GenX chemical structure The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority said Friday that the latest results from its weekly monitoring of water drawn from Cape Fear River for the Sweeney Water Treatment Plant show…
PFAS in Town’s Water Likely Firefighting Foam
…that firefighting foam is the source of this contamination without doing some additional analysis by high-resolution mass spectrometry,” Ferguson told meeting attendees via Skype, adding that such analysis was happening. Ferguson said the compounds detected did not include GenX but were “legacy compounds” and that analysis completed could not determine…
Senate Budget Puts Tighter Hold on DEQ
…study, which includes testing of all of the state’s public water supplies for GenX and other emerging contaminants. A DEQ representative said the Senate is ignoring pressing needs to improve environmental and public health protections. “Budget are about priorities,” DEQ spokesperson Sharon Martin said in a response to Coastal Review…
House Budget Funds Recovery, Resilience
…Creek facility in Raleigh. DEQ’s lab request was fully funded, but an additional $6 million and 37 positions requested to handle the growing volume of work on GenX and other emerging contaminants was trimmed to $600,000 and seven new positions. DEQ spokesperson Megan Thorpe said this week that the funding…
