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Originally published on April 14, 2021 5:40 pm
Environmental advocates are suing the state Department of Environmental Quality over a water agreement with the city of Greensboro.
The Southern Environmental Law Center claims the agreement allows Greensboro to increase the amount of 1,4-dioxane that s discharged into the Haw River and the Cape Fear River Basin. 1,4-dioxane is a toxic pollutant that can cause liver and kidney damage and increases the risk of cancer.
The lawsuit, filed April 9, alleges Greensboro can now discharge about 100 times more than what s allowed per state guidelines.
Geoff Gisler, a senior attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center, says this agreement violates federal policies meant to protect drinking water.
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Ocean Isle Beach officials say the planned terminal groin would eliminate long-term erosion damage to existing development on the east end of town. Image: Corps of Engineers
A recent court ruling now opens the way for Ocean Isle Beach to build a terminal groin at the east end of its ocean shoreline and plans are underway to kick off construction later this year.
A three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s decision that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fairly considered the alternatives included in an environmental impact statement examining the proposed project. The judges rendered their opinion March 26.
The Cape Fear River the Wilmington area’s primary source of drinking water has been polluted with toxic chemicals known as PFAS for at least 30 year. Traditional water-treatment systems were unable to filter out the chemicals. (Port City Daily photo / CFPUA)
WILMINGTON Make no mistake: Geoff Gisler is not pleased that Chemours recently violated a judge’s order to keep toxic chemicals out of the Cape Fear River.
Gisler, an attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), won’t be satisfied until the substances known as PFAS including Genx are no longer escaping from the Chemours plant near Fayetteville. Compared to several years ago, when there was little being done to stop high levels of PFAS from flowing into the river, Gisler believes the recent violations are a good problem to have.