Chemours was ordered Tuesday by state officials to stop releasing all fluorinated compounds into the Cape Fear River. The state also began legal action against the company and the process to suspend its permit for discharging wastewater into the river.
GenX
Funds to Address GenX OK’d After Bitter Fight
Funding to address the GenX contamination in the Cape Fear region’s drinking water was approved Thursday as part of a controversial measure that’s been on hold since April.
River Quality Panels Take Shape
House and Senate leaders announced this week appointments to new committees on river quality to investigate the discharge of GenX into the Cape Fear River.
Other Compounds ID’d in Chemours’ Waste
State regulators say two additional chemical compounds of concern have been identified in the waste stream of the company responsible for discharging GenX into the Cape Fear River.
GenX Response: Activist Groups Unite Forces
New and experienced activists have joined together in response to the recent detection of GenX and other chemicals in the Wilmington area’s drinking water.
GenX Response: Stored Water Disposal Set
The utility that provides drinking water to 200,000 Wilmington-area residents is set to begin ridding its aquifer storage system of treated water containing traces of GenX.
What Else Is In the Water? Study to Begin
WILMINGTON – The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority announced Monday that it had contracted with the University of North Carolina Wilmington to conduct a yearlong study of raw and treated drinking water to identify unregulated compounds and chemicals and provide a scientific basis for regulatory controls. The $64,607.88 contract, to be billed in 12 monthly… [Read More]
Legislative Commission Enters GenX Fray
The legislature’s Environmental Review Commission met in Wilmington Wednesday, where they heard for the first time from local officials and the public about the GenX contamination of the region’s water supply.
Latest GenX Levels Below Health Goal
Test results released Thursday show that concentrations of GenX in finished drinking water along the Cape Fear River remain well below the state’s health goal.
GenX Pollution: What Happened? And When?
Reprinted from North Carolina Health News Although extremely serious on its own, contamination by the industrial chemical GenX in the Cape Fear River is significant beyond potential risks to the public drinking water downstream. Public scrutiny of how the industrial chemical got there in the first place is raising awareness of scientific concerns about potential… [Read More]
Agency Heads Respond to GenX Questions
Department of Health and Human Services’ Secretary Mandy Cohen and Department of Environmental Quality’s Secretary Michael Regan responded Monday to a recent letter from seven state senators who questioned Gov. Roy Cooper’s handling of the GenX contamination and related funding request.
Republicans Question Cooper on GenX
Seven North Carolina Republican senators signed a letter dated Wednesday that questions the Cooper administration on its handling of the GenX contamination in the Cape Fear River.
Request For $2.6 Million To Manage GenX
Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday that the Department of Environmental Quality and Department of Health and Human Services will need a combined $2.6 million to ensure water testing and protection statewide.
DEQ Subpoenaed for GenX Permit Records
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has been served a federal subpoena for records related Chemours Co.’s permits to discharge the compound known as GenX into the Cape Fear River.
DEQ: GenX Levels Remain Below Health Goal
The Department of Environmental Quality said Wednesday that the latest sampling for GenX concentrations in the Cape Fear River shows levels are below the state’s health goal.
GenX Science Panel Shares Research Plans
A panel of scientists presented plans Wednesday to advance science on GenX and other chemical contaminates detected in the Wilmington-area’s drinking water.