In a move some environmental groups call an 'important first step', the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality today filed a Revised Consent Order that will hold Chemours accountable for PFAS contamination, including GenX, in the Cape Fear Region.
A chemical maker's North Carolina plant may have broken federal law by failing to notify the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before it started manufacturing and repurposing new industrial compounds, the agency said this week.
Chemours is shipping GenX from its facility in the Netherlands to its Fayetteville Works site in Bladen County.
CFPUA has filed a motion to intervene in the NC Department of Environmental Quality's lawsuit against Chemours, claiming the proposed consent order does not do enough to protect the water in our area.
The period for public comment regarding the proposed consent order with Chemours is winding down.
Will Chemours have to pay a $12 million civil penalty to the NCDEQ? It would be the largest penalty the agency has ever received from a single facility.
North Carolina's top environmental official hopes one of the country's largest chemical companies will change how it operates now that it has been hit with the largest penalty a polluter has had to pay the state.
Chemours has reached an agreement with the State of North Carolina and The Cape Fear River Watch on emission control, remediation efforts and ongoing health studies related to it's Fayetteville Works manufacturing site. The company has also agreed to pay $13 million to cover a civil penalty and investigative costs incurred by the state.
Chemours is taking steps to control emissions. The company broke ground Tuesday on the new emissions control facility at its Fayetteville Works site.
North Carolina DHHS officials announced that it has received results from blood and urine samples of 30 people who live near Chemours' Fayetteville Works facility.
It's been nearly 15 months since WWAY learned about GenX in the Cape Fear water supply. WWAY took part in a tour of the Chemours' plant in Bladen County Thursday.
A federal lawsuit seeks to stop a company from continuing to allow little-studied industrial compounds to get into the Cape Fear River in eastern North Carolina.
During a town hall in Wilmington Tuesday aimed at preventing scams, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein addressed the ongoing lawsuit against Chemours.
The company declined county commission Chairman Woody White and Mayor Bill Saffo's request to hold a meeting in Wilmington.
Lawyers for residents suing a company that makes a chemical that's been found in private wells near its North Carolina plant have asked a federal judge to supervise communications between the defendant and their clients.
The company that makes a chemical that's been found in private wells near its North Carolina plant will stop providing bottled water to residents whose wells meet the state's health goal.
Chemours is not going to hold a public meeting in New Hanover County.
As the quality of water in the Lower Cape Fear River continues to be a topic of conversation, New Hanover County and the City of Wilmington is once again requesting a meeting with Chemours, the company responsible for GenX.
A decision by Chemours to offer granular activated carbon filtration systems to nearby residents with tainted well water was not approved by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality.
Chemours plans to install and maintain whole house granular activated carbon filtration systems for residents whose drinking water wells show high levels of GenX.
Up to 30 people living near Chemours’ Fayetteville Works facility will have their blood and urine tested for the presence of GenX and other substances, state officials said.
State documents show that a potentially harmful chemical and a number of other compounds have been found in fish near a North Carolina chemical plant
A chemical company executive says he hopes residents near a North Carolina plant will one day be proud to have the operation in their community.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality filed a proposed court order against Chemours Monday.