Officials with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality on Wednesday said additional sources of the chemical GenX at the Chemours industrial complex have been stopped to prevent the unregulated compound from discharging to the Cape Fear River.
Staff with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality Tuesday inspected Chemours’ Fayetteville facility and verified that the company is containing wastewater from the byproduct GenX.
Chemours says it will take additional steps to keep GenX out of the Cape Fear River as federal regulators say they are investigating the company.
In 2012, Chemours failed a toxicity test on its discharge.
As state regulators continue to investigate Chemours, they are also investigating another company that discharges into the Cape Fear River.
Chemours -- coming off three strong quarters, a nearly $100 million profit increase and cracking the Fortune 500 -- has had a tumultuous week since reports surfaced linking the company to a toxic chemical found in the Cape Fear River.
There's been a lot of information to digest since yesterday's big meeting in Wilmington about GenX.
A meeting is underway between local leaders and the maker of the chemical compound that has many in southeastern North Carolina worried about the safety of our drinking water.
Six employees from Chemours, including a Toxicology leader and Environmental Manager are attending the meeting on Thursday with local leaders.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is requiring Chemours to expand eligibility for private well testing tied to PFAS contamination, now covering additional portions of New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus and Pender counties.
NCDEQ Secretary Reid Wilson toured the Sweeny Water Treatment Plant Friday as PFAS polluters continue to dump into waterways with no limits.
House Bill 569 is sponsored by Representatives Ted Davis and Frank Iler. The bill would hold PFAS polluters, like Chemours, financially liable for cleanup costs.
The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some “forever chemicals” in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two common ones.
Two bills filed by a state representative regulating the use of PFAS chemicals are now headed to the North Carolina Senate after passing in the House.
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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is poised to issue a permit giving the go-ahead for a company upstream to dump dangerous compounds into the Cape Fear River.
The measure was sought by Republican lawmakers from the Wilmington area, where upstream discharges into the Cape Fear River of PFAS chemicals have contributed to public utilities serving hundreds of thousands of people to spend large amounts to filter them out.
On Wednesday, EPA Administrator Michael Regan was in Fayetteville to announce new national drinking water standards for PFAS.
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The North Carolina Business Court recently made a decision aiming to help the North Carolina Department of Justice in its ongoing fight to protect North Carolinians’ access to clean water.
New Hanover County has filed a lawsuit against more than a dozen manufacturers and sellers of products that use or contain polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
Pender County has joined a class action suit against 3M Company. 3M agreed to pay a settlement of up to $10.3 billion to resolve lawsuits over the contamination of drinking water systems.
Cape Fear Public Utility Authority is planning to participate as a class member in 3M’s proposed settlement with U.S. public water systems affected by PFAS contamination.