Today we joined with seven national and statewide business and regulated communities to petition the N.C. Environmental Management Commission regarding the Regulatory Impact Analysis on N.C. DEQ’s Draft Proposed 02B Surface Water Standards and Draft Proposed 02L Groundwater Standards. North Carolina ratepayers – families and businesses – must be provided with a realistic and accurate measurement of the cost these proposed regulations will have on their rates and their community.

As we have stated previously, the business and regulated communities are concerned that the current fiscal note does not provide a true analysis of the impact on the public and/or the regulated community.

The business and regulated communities continue to support accelerating cleanup of PFAS in the environment based on the best science and risk management. However, our communities have been maligned on this issue by the regulators, with suggestions that our request for a more science-based approach to this process will cause illness and even death. These suggestions are inappropriately inflammatory. We have concerns regarding the current RIA, the associated underlying science, and the workability of levels proposed. More information is needed on the impacts of this proposal, including potential economic and health challenges.

Click here to read our full letter and its enclosure.

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