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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is
continuing to investigate an unexplained source of per-fluorinated
compounds (PFAS) contamination that may be associated with the
deployment of a fire-fighting compound in response to a major
gasoline release by the Colonial Pipeline system on August 14,
2020. The Colonial Pipeline, which spans 5,500 miles from
Houston, Texas, to Linden, New Jersey, runs through a number of
southern and mid-Atlantic states, including North Carolina.
The active pipeline delivers an average of 100 million gallons of
liquid petroleum products each day. On August 14, 2020, a
Key Takeaways
The PFAS litigation landscape – already involving PFAS manufacturers and purchasers of PFAS-containing fluoropolymers and firefighting films – is in the process of expanding, which is putting new companies and new industries in the spotlight, a process that may be accelerated by regulatory developments at the federal level.
Public and regulatory attention to the ubiquitous PFAS is also growing in the United States, as reflected by the Biden Administration’s avowed commitment to regulate and study these chemical substances.
Companies whose operations and products use, or historically used, any PFAS would be well-advised to consider strategies to evaluate, address, and mitigate legal risks and potential litigation.
Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal:
Question: With the city wrapping up improvements within the River Arts District resulting in increased foot traffic and activity, will the proposed RAD Lofts and Stoneyard Apartments ever get off the ground? Are they victims of the pandemic?
My answer: At this point, what isn t?
Real answer: Let s start with the Stoneyard Apartments.
Back in 2017, Asheville City Council approved the conditional zoning for the Stoneyard Apartments project at 175 Lyman St. The $19 million project is planned to comprise 133 apartments in four separate buildings, as well as a restaurant, 10 artists studios and a parking structure with 85 public parking spaces.
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