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NAVASSA (June 16, 2017) — Federal and state officials together with Multistate Trust representatives will hold public availability sessions and a public meeting on June 20, 2017, to answer questions about the former Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation Superfund Site in Navassa, N.C., and to update residents about environmental investigations, cleanup options and technologies, and redevelopment planning…
WILMINGTON, N.C. (June 15, 2017) — The Brunswick County Board of Commissioners Chairman, Frank Williams, and County staff were among the officials meeting with representatives from the Chemours company and the NC Department of Environmental Quality on Thursday, June 15. County Manager Ann Hardy and Health and Human Services Director David Stanley were also in…
RALEIGH (June 14, 2017) — The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality is leading a state investigation regarding reports of an unregulated chemical in the Cape Fear River. DEQ staff, in consultation with state Department of Health and Human Services, are investigating the presence of a compound known as GenX. DEQ is strongly encouraging Chemours, the…
NCACC Presidential Initiative - 100 Counties Prepared
On August 14, 2021, Brunswick County Commissioner and newly installed N.C. Association of County Commissioners President Frank Williams announced his presidential initiative, 100 Counties Prepared. The initiative was borne out of his experience serving as Chair of the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners during Hurricanes Florence, Dorian, and Isaias, through which he observed a lack of emergency preparedness training suitable for elected officials. He appointed a statewide task force that worked with NCACC staff to develop a full day of emergency preparedness training for elected officials.
Sixty-one county officials from across North Carolina completed the inaugural 100 Counties Prepared Emergency Preparedness Training for County Commissioners, which was held in conjunction with the 115th Annual NCACC Conference in Cabarrus County on August 11, 2022. A second training was held on May 31, 2023, and additional trainings are planned.
