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State issues notice of violation against Chemours based on new groundwater tests
State officials initiated additional enforcement actions against Chemours Wednesday after preliminary state test results detected GenX in violation of state groundwater standards in non-drinking water wells at the company’s Fayetteville Works facility.
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.
State urges caution as algal bloom continues in Fontana Lake
Officials with the state Division of Water Resources are reminding people to avoid contact with a potentially a harmful algal bloom that continues to grow in parts of Fontana Lake.
Additional GenX discharge at Chemours facility identified and stopped
RALEIGH – Officials with the N.C.
State officials confirm water quality in Catawba County returning to normal conditions a week after waste spill
RALEIGH – Officials with the N.C.
DEQ establishes performance standards for Duke Energy's water filtration systems
RALEIGH – Officials with the N.C.
State officials responding to manure spill in Catawba County
Officials with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality are testing water quality in Pott Creek northwest of Lincolnton after 200,000 gallons of manure spilled into the waterway earlier this week.
State urges public to avoid algal blooms in two western N.C. lakes
Officials with the N.C. Division of Water Resources are urging people to avoid contact with algal blooms that have been identified at Waterville Lake in Haywood County and the Tuckasegee arm of Fontana Lake in Swain County.
DEQ verifies Chemours has stopped discharging GenX wastewater
Staff with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality today inspected Chemours’ Fayetteville facility and verified that the company is containing wastewater from the byproduct GenX, preventing the unregulated chemical compound from discharging into the Cape Fear River.
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