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North Carolinians Invited to Share Ideas on How to Best Use Volkswagen Settlement to Help North Carolina
North Carolinians with ideas about how to use $92 million from a court settlement to improve North Carolina’s air quality are encouraged to share their ideas as the State of North Carolina develops
DEQ investigating air emissions leak at Chemours
The state Department of Environmental Quality 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.
State to hold public hearing on Atlantic Coast Pipeline air permit
The state Division of Air Quality will hold a public hearing on Wednesday to obtain community feedback on a draft air quality permit for the proposed Northampton Compressor Station, which would be built as part of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project.
North Carolina’s 2017 ozone season ends with fewest unhealthy days
Statewide monitoring shows that North Carolina continues to be in full compliance with national air quality standards as the 2017 ozone season ends today.
DEQ takes action to stop additional Chemours discharge based on EPA report
At the Department of Environmental Quality’s urging, Chemours will capture additional industrial wastewater with fluorinate
Members named to state Science Advisory Board to advise on emerging chemicals
The heads of the state environmental and public health agencies today announced the new members of the newly expanded Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board, which will examine new and emerging chemicals and their potential impacts to human health and the environment.
State seeks public comments, sets hearing for air permit on Atlantic Coast Pipeline project
The North Carolina Division of Air Quality today opens a public comment period for a minor source air quality permit for the proposed Northampton Compressor Station, which would serve the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project.
State orders Chemours to stop chemical releases, begins legal action and steps to suspend permit
State officials ordered Chemours on Tuesday to stop releasing all fluorinated compounds into the Cape Fear River and began legal action against the company and the process to suspend its permit for discharging wastewater into the river.
State seeks to stop additional chemical discharges into the Cape Fear River
As part of its ongoing investigation, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality this week urged Chemours to stop discharging two additional chemical compounds into the Cape Fear River. The compounds were identified in the company’s waste stream by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency preliminary analysis shared with the state this week.
Air Quality officials expand Code Orange forecast for Charlotte and Triad to include the Triangle
Air quality officials today renewed and expanded the Code Orange advisory issued for air pollution in the Charlotte and Triad metropolitan
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