The CEC contains approximately 200 chemicals and CCL 5 contains 66 and 12 microbial contaminants. The size of each list reflects its purpose. The universe of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) under the Clean Water Act includes hundreds of chemicals. The list is intentionally large to support research, monitoring, and method development.

The NC Chamber's Environmental Compliance Conference is on February 4, 2026, in Raleigh, NC. JD Solomon will be a featured speaker at the NC Chamber’s annual Environmental Compliance Conference on February 4, 2026. The event will explore pressing regulatory issues, legislation, and policy decisions currently impacting the air, water, waste, and natural resource arenas. JD will be speaking in his role as chair of the NC Environmental Management Commission. Other speakers inclu

Gone are the days when point source dischargers can help nebulous end-results in an open water body.

Several federal-level lawsuits have been consolidated into one.

General permits are the bread-and-butter of most facility and infrastructure projects. On a larger scale, environmental permits are...

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore has reappointed JD Solomon to a third term on the state's Environmental Management Commission...

Maryland’s largest water utility is joining a national trend of suing manufacturers who produce PFAS (“forever chemicals”) used in...

Root Cause Analysis (RCA) applies to environmental issues in the same way RCA applies to equipment failures or business process failures....