ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Western North Carolina residents will have the first opportunity to weigh in on proposed statewide rules aimed at monitoring and reducing “forever chemicals” in wastewater during a public hearing scheduled next month in Asheville.
The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. April 7 at Ferguson Auditorium on the campus of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. The session is the first of three hearings planned across the state as regulators consider new rules targeting certain PFAS chemicals discharged into North Carolina’s surface waters.
Sign-in and speaker registration will begin at 5 p.m…