Press Releases

Today, Bladen County Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser approved the Addendum to the Consent Order requiring Chemours to take significant additional actions to reduce PFAS entering the Cape Fear River. The judge entered the Addendum in its entirety, which will mean expanded relief for downstream communities as the major pathways for PFAS pollution entering the Cape Fear River through residual groundwater contamination from the Fayetteville Works facility will be reduced by 99%.

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Commercial Resource Fund Committee and the Funding Committee for the N.C. Commercial Fishing Resource Fund will meet jointly on Oct. 27 at 1:30 p.m. by webinar.

The State Water Infrastructure Authority will meet Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 9:00 a.m., remotely, via teleconference. The public may listen to the meeting by phone.

The Coastal Habitat Protection Plan Steering Committee will meet by webinar on Oct. 16 at 9 a.m. 

State recreational water quality officials today lifted a water quality swimming alert at an ocean-side site in Carteret County.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has filed a response opposing Cape Fear Public Utility Authority’s Motion to Intervene in the State’s enforcement case against Chemours. DEQ supports CFPUA and all the downstream drinking water utilities’ efforts to be made whole for any damages they have incurred as a result of actions by Chemours and DuPont at the Fayetteville Works Facility. However, DEQ strongly objects to CFPUA’s efforts to pursue those interests at the expense of all those who depend on the Cape Fear River by having the entire Consent Order between DEQ,

State recreational water quality officials today are alerting the public that initial testing at an ocean-side site in Carteret County showed levels of bacteria exceeding the state’s and Environmental Protection Agency’s recreational water quality swimming standards.

The Viable Utility Reserve Committee of the State Water Infrastructure Authority will meet Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 10:00 a.m., remotely, via teleconference.

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Nominating Committee will meet Oct. 16 at 1:30 p.m. by webinar.

After reviewing public comments, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has filed the proposed Addendum to the Consent Order for entry by the Bladen County Superior Court.