{"id":85570,"date":"2024-08-28T13:35:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T17:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/?p=85570"},"modified":"2024-08-28T14:11:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T18:11:51","slug":"north-carolina-water-permitting-southern-environmental-law-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/28082024\/north-carolina-water-permitting-southern-environmental-law-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonprofit Law Center Asks EPA to Take Over Water Permitting in N.C."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>RALEIGH, N.C.\u2014The Southern Environmental Law Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25079498-20240828-de-delegation-petition?responsive=1&amp;title=1\">is petitioning<\/a> the Environmental Protection Agency to take over the state\u2019s water permitting authority, an unprecedented move for North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The law firm is arguing that political interference has prevented the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) from enforcing the Clean Water Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe people of North Carolina deserve clean water, yet the state legislature is preventing the state from limiting toxic pollution of our waterways and drinking water,\u201d said Mary Maclean Asbill, director of the North Carolina offices at the Southern Environmental Law Center, in a prepared statement. \u201cLegislative-induced failure is not an option when it comes to protecting North Carolina\u2019s water and communities, so we are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to step in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SELC is representing four advocacy groups: the Haw River Assembly, the Environmental Justice Community Network, MountainTrue and Cape Fear River Watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup_66f766d2231ad\" class=\"icn-newsletter-block icn-block alignwide with-icons hide-email-field\">\n\t<form action=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.us2.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=7c733794100bcc7e083a163f0&amp;id=29c928ffb5\" method=\"post\" id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" target=\"_blank\" novalidate>\n\t\t<div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll_66f766d2231ad\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"block-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/newsletter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNewsletters\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"description\">We deliver climate news to your inbox like nobody else. 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EPA rules also allow individuals and groups to petition the agency to withdraw that authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EPA has yet to receive the petition, agency spokesman James Pinkney said, but \u201cafter a review it will determine next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When EPA receives a petition, it generally works with the state and the petitioner to resolve the issues that the petition raises and strengthen the state&#8217;s program. Since 1989, the EPA has received 50 petitions from groups in more than two dozen states. Of those, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/npdes\/npdes-state-program-withdrawal-petitions\">EPA data show<\/a> 12 are pending and the rest have been partially or fully resolved.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur staff is dedicated to carrying out our delegated authority in a manner that protects the resources and residents of North Carolina,\u201d Sharon Martin, DEQ\u2019s deputy secretary for public affairs, said in response to the filing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SELC petition lists several instances when the state legislature and commissions have blocked or delayed DEQ\u2019s water-quality rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/01082024\/north-carolina-forever-chemicals-water-rules\/\">Inside Climate News reported <\/a>that the Environmental Management Commission has delayed rulemaking over toxic forever chemicals PFAS in surface and groundwater. The EMC writes rules for DEQ, and is controlled by appointees of Republican state leadership that is often at odds with the Democratic administration of Gov. Roy Cooper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Business and industry interests have pressed the EMC to postpone the rulemaking, citing costs to companies discharging the harmful chemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DEQ is seeking PFAS rules for surface and groundwater to help public utilities meet the EPA\u2019s new drinking water standards. 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At 9,300 square miles, the basin is the largest in the state and provides drinking water to hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state legislature has changed the composition of the EMC to favor conservatives. Last year, lawmakers stripped the governor of two appointments and reallocated them to the agriculture commissioner, a Republican.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After accounting for the members appointed by the Republican House and Senate leadership, the majority of the 15-member commission are GOP appointees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new state law also prohibits the governor from removing any EMC members that are appointed by anyone but himself, even for illegal or wrongful acts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe legislature has stacked those commissions with individuals who are ideologically aligned with the supermajority in the legislature that is hostile to environmental regulation,\u201d the petition reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J.D. 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