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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) has been notified of elevated 1,4-dioxane levels discharged from the City of Asheboro Wastewater Treatment Plant into Hasketts Creek, which empties into the Deep River within the Cape Fear River Basin. 

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Division of Water Resources (DWR) is accepting public comment through Aug. 4 on the draft 2026 basin plan for Cape Fear River Basin, the most populous and largest river basin contained entirely within the state. 

La Comisión de Gestión Medioambiental (EMC) de Carolina del Norte llevará a cabo tres audiencias para escuchar los comentarios del público sobre las normas propuestas para monitorear y reducir el 1,4-dioxano, una sustancia que probablemente causa cáncer y que se encuentra en las aguas residuales vertidas en las aguas superficiales de Carolina del Norte, procedentes de determinadas instalaciones. Las audiencias son parte de un período de comentarios públicos que inicio el 16 de marzo.

The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission will hold three public hearings to hear public comment on proposed rules for monitoring and minimizing 1,4-dioxane, a substance likely to cause cancer, in wastewater discharged into North Carolina’s surface waters from certain facilities. The hearings are part of a comment period that began on March 16.

La Comisión de Gestión Medioambiental (EMC) de Carolina del Norte llevará a cabo tres audiencias para escuchar los comentarios del público sobre las normas propuestas para monitorear y reducir el 1,4-dioxano, una sustancia que probablemente causa cáncer y que se encuentra en las aguas residuales vertidas en las aguas superficiales de Carolina del Norte, procedentes de determinadas instalaciones. Las audiencias son parte de un período de comentarios públicos que inicia el 16 de marzo.

The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission will hold three public hearings to hear public comment on proposed rules for monitoring and minimizing 1,4-dioxane, a substance likely to cause cancer, in wastewater discharged into North Carolina’s surface waters from certain facilities. The hearings are part of a comment period that begins on March 16.

In a recent decision, the Wake County Superior Court has upheld the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s authority to set wastewater permit limits for 1,4-dioxane, a chemical that has been classified as a likely human carcinogen.

In 2025, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) supported communities recovering from Hurricane Helene, took actions to address PFAS contamination and continued to protect the state’s natural resources for the health and prosperity of all North Carolinians.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) has been notified of elevated 1,4-dioxane levels discharged from the City of Asheboro Wastewater Treatment Plant to Hasketts Creek, which drains into the Deep River within the Cape Fear River Basin.