After receiving more than 3,000 comments about proposed log fumigation facilities in eastern North Carolina, state officials are asking the Environmental Management Commission to pass new rules on emissions of methyl bromide, the toxic chemical used in that process. If the EMC agrees, the rules would be the first in North Carolina to specifically regulate ...
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