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Subject: DEQ, DHHS heads respond to state senators' letter, outline request to protect drinking water
Roy Cooper, Governor
Release:
Date: Aug. 15, 2017
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Contact: Jamie Kritzer, Chris Mackey
Phone: 919-707'8602;919-055-4835
Michael S. Regan, Secretary
DEQ, DHHS heads respond tostate senators' letter, outline request toprotect drinking water
RALEIGH—The heads o[the state departments o{Health and Human Services andEnvironmental Quality have responded to
uoinquiry from members o{the NI. Senate and outlined the departments' oniduu| funding needs bohelp protect water quality
for North Carolinians.
The Department of Health and Human Services' Secretary Mandy Cohen and the Department ofEnvironmental `a
Secretary Michael Regan responded Monday to the Aug. 9 letter from seven members of the N.C. Senate.
Cohen and Regan outlined their departments' noodsloromemergpnoyappropriation (ofund more ooientist,nxx]�u]oxpods,
engineers and inspectors mx\On tonun�(orfor the presence ofGon)<and o�or chemical
compounds in the Cape Fear River and other inland waterways that are drinking water sources.
"We are ready (oengage ino productive dialogue about these topicsand are available iomeet inperson (oshare more
information with �ouabout our request for onpnddod and pomonud,``Cohen and Regau`m�UnrukVou."°�ome glad
you are reviewing the effect o{legislative budget cuts, both past and cunrn(."
The large scope and pressing nature ofthe presence ofthese compounds iuthe Cape Fear River requires ularuurroxpouuoUbmo
the departments have resources to provide while continuing to meet the day-to-day operational requirements, the letter adds.
Since 20|3,DE0has seen the elimination o{ mnl'70pomdknnsib� the permitting, and
on[oruonxentprograms. The addbkund would allow D80(ofund positions hohelp protect water quality and cover
the expense o{tests monitoring the presence o{emerging contaminants ionatcnrayastatewide. These funds would also allow
DHRStocreate uWater Health and Safety Unit to enhance dmstate`s understanding of and response to unregulated
compounds, and iohelp protect families' drinking nuior.
More details are available inthe attached letter.

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