Public Notices
Hampstead Annex Immunization Clinic Hours Temporarily Changed
The hours of operation for the Immunization Clinic located at the Hampstead Annex Building will be temporarily changed effective March 18, 2024.
Hours of Operation:
Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Thursday: 7:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Closed for lunch: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Hampstead Annex Building
15060 US-17, Hampstead, NC, 28443
Phone: (910) 270-5001
Set Your Clocks & Check Your Stocks
When it’s time to change your clocks because of daylight saving time, use it as a reminder to check your preparedness kit to make sure your emergency stockpile isn’t missing any items and that the food hasn’t expired. If you haven’t created a stockpile yet, now is the time! Not sure what to include?
Check our:
- full emergency supplies checklist;
- top 10 essentials list; and
- emergency supplies for your pets.
- stockpiling on a budget (English and Spanish)
And as always, don’t forget to check the batteries in your smoke alarms.
Pender County Health Department Dental Clinic
Pender County Health Department Dental Clinic
The Pender County Health Department Dental Clinic was selected to participate in the Community Oral Health Transformation Initiative (COrHT) in the summer of 2022. This opportunity was developed in partnership between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation, the North Carolina Oral Health Collaborative, and CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. The initiative is a collaboration between 14 clinics across NC to improve access and support advancement of prevention-focused, value-based, and whole person care for underserved populations. On October 9th, Pender County Dental Clinic was recognized for their participation and dedication to the COrHT initiative; as well as “for significant effort in innovation in the integrated and personalized care domain as part of the initiative.”
NCDHHS Urges North Carolinians to “Fight the Bite” with Insect Repellant and Other Prevention Tools to Avoid Tick- and Mosquito-Borne Disease
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Settlement ends Chemours challenge of permit to reduce PFAS entering the Cape Fear River
RALEIGH- An agreement signed today ends litigation without changing the discharge permit issued to Chemours for the treatment of contaminated groundwater to significantly reduce PFAS entering the Cape Fear River.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) reached an agreement with Chemours to end the litigation over the permit issued by DEQ on September 15, 2022. Last month, Chemours filed a petition to challenge the permit. CFPUA intervened to support the permit.
Today’s agreement does not change the final permit conditions and includes measures by which Chemours will proceed toward compliance with the final PFAS permit limits. Those limits take effect six months after discharge from the treatment system begins. In the agreement, Chemours agrees to take specific steps and provide monthly reports on its progress during the six-month optimization period. Chemours also agrees to dismiss its petition for a contested case hearing on the permit.
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for the treatment system is part of the larger barrier wall remediation project to substantially reduce PFAS entering the Cape Fear River and impacting downstream communities. Currently, contaminated groundwater from the facility site flows untreated directly into the Cape Fear River. This project is designed to reduce the largest ongoing source of PFAS at the Chemours facility that contaminates the river and reaches downstream water intakes. The project must be operational by March 15, 2023, under the terms of the Consent Order. DEQ expects Chemours to take necessary actions to comply with the permit conditions and the Consent Order and meet its obligations to clean up the PFAS contamination impacting thousands of residents in at least eight counties and provide them with alternate water. DEQ will continue to hold Chemours accountable for the cleanup and for preventing future impacts to North Carolinians.
The agreement is available online here.
DEQ Statement on Chemours Appeal of the NPDES Permit
The NPDES permit for the treatment system is part of the larger barrier wall remediation project to substantially reduce PFAS entering the Cape Fear River and impacting downstream communities. Chemours is required to fulfill its obligations under the Consent Order and reduce the amount of contaminated groundwater reaching the Cape Fear River from the Chemours Fayetteville Works facility.
The Consent Order Addendum specifies a minimum reduction of 99% for the treatment system. DEQ expects Chemours to take all necessary steps to minimize its PFAS impacts on the environment. Pursuing litigation threatens to delay implementation beyond the Consent Order deadline of March 2023 and extend the ongoing contamination reaching the river and impacting downstream residents.
REMINDER: DEQ to hold community meeting October 11 on the Lower Cape Fear River private well sampling
RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will hold a community information meeting on Tuesday, October 11, at Roland-Grise Middle School in Wilmington. DEQ will share updates on private well sampling underway for PFAS contamination in New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus and Pender counties. Staff will also answer questions from the public about the private well sampling and alternate water supplies.
When: Tuesday, October 11 at 6 p.m.
Where: Roland-Grise Middle School Auditorium
4412 Lake Ave, Wilmington, NC 28403
Speaker sign-up will be available upon arrival at the meeting.
At DEQ’s direction, Chemours is sampling for PFAS contamination in eligible private drinking water wells downstream of the Fayetteville Works Facility. Chemours is required to provide alternate water supplies to residents whose wells exceed specific action levels.
To have your well sampled, call Chemours at (910) 678-1100. Messages to the Chemours call line are monitored during regular business hours (Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.); Chemours should respond within 24-to-48 hours starting on the next business day. Chemours is also sending letters to well owners/residents requesting information about primary drinking water sources and offering sampling.
Additional well sampling information for residents is available on the DEQ website: https://deq.nc.gov/news/key-issues/genx-investigation/well-sampling-information-lower-cape-fear-area-residents.