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State sets temporary allowable PFAS limits in groundwater

Photo credit: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has established temporary limits on several PFAS allowed to be released into groundwater, which supports about half the drinking water in the state.

Read the full article by Trista Talton (CityView NC)

“The state’s environmental regulatory agency has established temporary caps on the amounts of several PFAS that industries will be allowed to release into groundwater.

Until permanent limits are set, interim maximum allowable concentrations introduced by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources allows officials to set cleanup targets for groundwater contaminated with high levels of the chemical compounds.

The division’s announcement last week came on the heels of a study that found per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, including some of those for which the state has set interim allowable limits, have remained in groundwater offsite of Chemours’ Fayetteville Works plant for up to more than 40 years.”…

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