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Subject: Fwd: News rls: Legislature risks water quality, environmental safeguards with H56
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Date: August 30 2017 ot8:l7:30PMEDT
To: Margaret Lillord
Subject: News rU : Legislature risks water quality, environmental safeguards withH56
Contact: C8GsieGavin, (91Q)38O-88O3'
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The House plans to consider passing House Bill 56'"Amend Environmental Laws'"ODThursday
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"In its rush
to kowtow to industry groups, Assembly is not only •
roughshod over local governments, it's threatening the environment, endangered wildlife
• unique natural beauty of - • said Margaret Lillard,
r's communications coordinator.
Minimal funding for GenX contamination
The Legislature ignored a request from Governor Cooper for emergency funding to investigate
not only . • but presence of other unregulated chemicals in drinking
water. Cooper requested $2.5 million for the Department of Environmental Quality and
Department of Health and Human Services. DEQ has been challenged to keep up with water
quality inspectionsand permitting in the face of of -r - budget cuts. Chemours,-
company that discharged GenX, is operating on an expired permit.
M"I• ■ It • -•-• • • • • r •- • • •I
and DHHS without adequate staffing to address the toxicology issues. DHHS, for example, has
only one • •'•• to address • other issues statewide.
"This minimal amount Of funding treats the symptoms, not the problem Of the Cape
Fear's safety," said Erin Carey, NC Sierra Club Coastal programs Coordinator. "The
Legislature seems committed t0 putting resources anywhere Other than with the two
state agencies charged with protecting public health and the environment. It's like asking
everyone except a doctor t0 examine a sick patient."
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At the request of private waste companies,the bill includesprovision that w
authority•m local governments • determining where solid waste is disposed of, • give it to
the companies themselves. The technical term for this is "flow control." Unlike local
governments, private waste companies are not bound by law to provide environmentally safe
waste disposal for
• • provision a•de• to the bill tonightgiveaway to private
• r. - - • - • -• • •• • - •
Director Molly■ • • also raises the question of whether the Legislature
NC wants to become a net importerof
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includes• sections that would create new exemptionsto buffer • Both
provisions appear to be unnecessary.
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Margaret Lillard
Communications Coordinator
NC Sierra Club
919-833-8467 x107 1919-332-8979 (m)
19 W. Hargett St. I Raleigh NC 127601
htt.pWnc.sierraclub.org�
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