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Michael Regan, President Joe Bidenâs nominee for the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, has a leadership model that suggests he wants to hear from the people. In his current capacity as secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, he founded the Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board to âelevate the voices of the underserved and underrepresented as we work to protect the publicâs health and natural resources.â
Yet, while his concern for community has been applauded, his response to business interests has been criticized, including his recent decision to issue a five-year permit for swine operations without requiring significant adjustments to their management of hog waste.
Aerial view of the Colonial Pipeline gasoline spill in Huntersville.
North Carolina environmental officials have ordered Colonial Pipeline to expand testing of private wells around the site of a massive gasoline spill last year in Huntersville.
The expanded testing is among 22 corrective actions ordered by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. The DEQ says Colonial s 1,600-page Jan. 20 Comprehensive Site Assessment doesn t have enough information to determine the full impact of the incident.
“We will continue to hold Colonial Pipeline accountable for its actions and response to the largest gasoline spill in North Carolina’s history,” Michael Scott, head of the DEQ s Division of Waste Management, said in a press release. “The Comprehensive Site Assessment lacks critical information necessary to determine the full extent of the impacts of this event. This information is crucial for the protection of public health and the environment.”
Published: Thursday, February 25, 2021
Pipeline warning sign in Charlotte, N.C., suburb. Photo credit: Mike Soraghan/E&E News
A sign in a new subdivision near Charlotte, N.C., warns residents about digging too close to the Colonial pipeline, which transports gasoline and other fuels from the Gulf Coast to New Jersey. Mike Soraghan/E&E News
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. Shannon Miller Ward would like to know how someone loses enough gasoline to fill nearly two Olympic swimming pools without even missing it.
Last summer, a crack in the Colonial pipeline, the country s biggest fuel pipeline, leaked at least 1.2 million gallons of gasoline into a small nature preserve here on the edge of the Charlotte suburbs.
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