The Southern Environmental Law Center is asking the NC Department of Environmental Quality to require Chemours to immediately stop all emissions and discharges of GenX and chemically related compounds.
North Carolina should tackle an emerging problem of water and air pollution from little-studied industrial chemicals by beefing up the state's health and environmental agencies, Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday.
NCDAQ moved to require Chemours to demonstrate within three weeks that air emissions at the Fayetteville Works facility can be controlled at a level that will halt contributions to groundwater violations.
North Carolina regulators are discussing tests to measure how much of a little-studied industrial compound may have gotten into backyard garden vegetables near a plant that's been producing that and similar chemicals for decades, a state environmental official said Monday.
As flourochemical compounds continue to show up in the water samples taken from the Cape Fear River, the City of Wilmington is considering a resolution asking the NC Department of Environmental Quality to stop Chemours from producing GenX.
Another lawsuit against Chemours. This time it's coming from property owners who live near the Fayetteville Works Facility.
North Carolina environmental regulators are delaying penalties against a chemical company for discharging compounds with little-researched health but worrying effects until they're confident a case will stand up in court.
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality has issued a notice of violation to Chemours Fayetteville Works ordering the company to immediately take new measures to control additional sources of GenX.
It's been months since Chemours went out to some homes in Bladen and Cumberland counties to test their well water for GenX. Now, some resident are frustrated with the results.
CFPUA: We cannot rely on Chemours to control discharges from its site.
The company that makes a compound that has been found in private wells near its North Carolina plant wants to install water filter systems at homes served by those wells.
On two occasions during the past month, Chemours has spilled wastewater it believed contained GenX at its Fayetteville Works plant, according to letters from the company to environmental regulators.
Previous testing had shown GenX only on the side of the river where the plant operates.
The state is holding its third community information session to answer questions about drinking water well results from the sampling conducted near Chemours' Fayetteville Works facility in Bladen County.
Chemours says it will capture the discharge of GenX and Nafion going into the Cape Fear River.
Preliminary water quality data shows another spike in the levels of GenX in Chemours' wastewater discharge, according to the NC Department of Environmental Quality.
A day after the state announced plans to revoke Chemours' permit to discharge process wastewater from its Fayetteville Works plant, the company says it disagrees with the move.
The state is investigating reports of an air emissions leak at Chemours’ Fayetteville facility and whether the leak constitutes a violation of the company’s air permit.
DEQ is moving to revoke Chemours’ permit to discharge process wastewater because the company failed to comply with its permit and failed to report an October spill.
The state has cited Chemours for failing to report an October 6 spill at its Fayetteville Works facility.
An unreported spill at Chemours led to levels of GenX peaking at 3,700 parts per trillion, a far cry from the 140 parts per trillion established health standard.
State officials have ordered Chemours to provide bottled water to 15 more well owners near the company’s Fayetteville facility.
Brunswick County is now part of a growing list of lawsuits filed against Chemours and DuPont over the GenX contamination.
An EPA report released today identified flourinated compounds coming from manufacturing areas inside Chemours' Fayetteville Works Facility.