As we were composing the December issue of the BCDP newsletter, North Carolina environmental authorities were concluding a series of hearings on proposed regulations governing PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in groundwater. The proposed rules are supported by area environmental groups, but some have called for extending them to regulate all PFAS as a class.
Last February, the United Nations issued a report critical of the unregulated release of PFAS into the environment, calling attention to the need for controls, particularly in North Carolina. According to a UN press release,“American chemical companies DuPont and Chemours have discharged toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) into the local environment, completely disregarding the rights and wellbeing of residents along the lower Cape Fear River in North Carolina.”
Tell NC’s Environmental Management Commission (EMC) to PROTECT US FROM PFAS!
Public comments will be accepted until December 31 and can be submitted to:
or
Bridget Shelton
NC DEQ Division of Water Resources, Planning Section
1611 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1611
For more information about PFAs, visit Clean Cape Fear.
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