Opponents Urge EPA to Uphold Objection to Asheboro Permit
During a public hearing, North Carolinians urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to uphold its objection to Asheboro's wastewater permit, which lacks an effluent discharge limit for 1,4-dioxane.
- The proposed permit would allow discharge into the drinking water supply of hundreds of thousands downstream.
- Speakers requested the EPA to force the state to reissue a permit limiting discharges of the likely human carcinogen into surface waters.
Urged the EPA to uphold its objection to the city's proposed permit with no effluent discharge limit for 1,4-dioxane into the drinking water supply.
The Cape Fear River Basin communities rely on the EPA to protect their drinking water sources from harmful pollutants.
Author's summary: EPA hearing on Asheboro permit sparks concern over 1,4-dioxane discharge.