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State Water Infrastructure Authority to meet Dec. 13 in Raleigh
The State Water Infrastructure Authority will conduct a meeting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 13 at the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, 4021 Carya Drive, Raleigh.
State coastal commission’s science panel to meet Dec. 5 in New Bern
The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission’s Science Panel will meet Dec. 5 in New Bern to review inlet shoreline change rates and to discuss methodologies used to update inlet hazard areas.
State hosting third information session Dec. 14 on private well sampling near Chemours
The state departments of Environmental Quality and Health and Human Services will host a third community information session on Thursday, Dec. 14, to answer questions about drinking water well results from the well sampling conducted near Chemours’ Fayetteville Works facility in Bladen County.
North Carolina Science Advisory Board to meet in Wilmington Dec. 4
The North Carolina Science Advisory Board will hold its second meeting on Dec. 4 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Surface water results from October show GenX was above state health goal at one water treatment facility after Oct. 6 spill
State officials believe elevated concentrations of GenX found at a water treatment facility along the Cape Fear River can be attributed to an Oct. 6 spill from a manufacturing line at Chemours’ facility in Fayetteville, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality announced today. In addition, state officials directed Chemours to provide bottled water to 34 more well owners based on results from the latest round of private well testing.
October, early November data shows high GenX concentrations at Chemours wastewater discharge outfall
Concentrations of GenX at Chemours’ wastewater discharge outfall in Fayetteville exceeded the state’s provisional drinking water health goal in late October and early November, according to preliminary water quality data the state Department of Environmental Quality received from the company this week. DEQ is investigating the cause of the spike and has demanded answers from Chemours, which is supposed to be capturing GenX rather than releasing it into the Cape Fear River.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Three coastal reserve sites to hold local advisory committee meetings in December
Local advisory committees for three coastal reserves will meet in December. The meetings are open to the public.
North Carolina’s Brownfields Program celebrates 20 years of recycling abandoned properties
Since 1997, the North Carolina Brownfields Program has been turning contaminated properties into viable, successful businesses and community areas. The program, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, works with prospective developers who did not cause or contribute to contamination of an abandoned or unused property they wish to redevelop. A brownfields agreement limits the liability of a prospective developer so the developer can remove or reduce contamination on the property so it can be reused safely.
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
North Carolina’s Dry-Cleaning Solvent Cleanup Act Program celebrates 20 years of success
State environmental officials today recognized the long-lasting achievements of the state’s Dry-Cleaning Solvent Cleanup Act (DSCA) Program, which has been cleaning up historical contamination and preventing future releases for the past 20 years.
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