Duplin families ask DEQ to revisit Lear Corp’s draft permit

KENANSVILLE — Approximately 45 people gathered at the Monk Auditorium in Kenansville on Dec. 17 to participate in the NC Department of Environmental Quality public comment session.

The meeting addressed Lear Corporation’s latest draft permit regulating PFAS compounds — a dangerous class of toxic chemicals — discharges into the Northeast Cape Fear River.

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