The state is suing a chemical distribution company it says is illegally dumping pollutants from its East Durham facility into local waterways.
N.C. Attorney General Jeff Jackson and the N.C. Department of Justice, representing the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Brenntag Mid-South Inc., a distributor of industrial chemicals and ingredients.
State officials are demanding that the company, which has a facility at 2000 E. Pettigrew St., immediately contain the alleged contamination and submit a cleanup plan within 30 days…