Superfund Section
Superfund: Protecting public health and the environment
Staff in the Superfund Section work to protect public health and the environment by investigating and cleaning up sites where waste or hazardous substances were deposited sometimes before environmental laws existed.
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Dry-Cleaning Solvent Cleanup Act Program
The DSCA Program assesses and cleans up dry-cleaning solvent contamination at dry-cleaning facilities as well as enforce rules to prevent releases at operating facilities
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Learn about pre-regulatory landfills
Addressing and cleaning up non-industrial landfills that were built before solid waste regulations were put into place in 1983
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Davidson Asbestos Site Information
Learn how DEQ, DHHS and the EPA coordinated to clean up asbestos-containing waste material that was uncovered at the former Carolina Asbestos Company property in Davidson
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Division of Waste Management Site Locator Tool
The DWM Site Locator Tool can search for sites managed, regulated and inventoried by the division, such as brownfield locations, preregulatory landfills, underground storage tanks, superfund sites and hazardous waste facilities.
Use the ToolCleaning up North Carolina’s most dangerous sites
The Division of Waste Management’s Superfund Section investigates, prioritizes, monitors and remediates uncontrolled and unregulated hazardous substance and waste disposal sites in North Carolina. Three branches of the Superfund section cleanup sites seek compliance by responsible parties and respond to emergency threats using both state and federal authorities
Bernard Allen Memorial Drinking Water Fund
The Bernard Allen Memorial Drinking Water Fund is used to sample potentially contaminated private residential wells and to provide alternate drinking water to lower-income homeowners with affected wells.