H600 - Regulatory Reform Act of 2023. (SL 2023-137)

Overview: Section 9 of S.L. 2023-137 requires the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to prepare a human health risk assessment of 1,4-dioxane in drinking water supported by peer-reviewed scientific studies and requires the North Carolina Collaboratory to evaluate the technologies that are commercially available to remove 1,4 dioxane from wastewater effluent at facilities at various flow volumes, including at flow volumes of greater than 1 million gallons per day.

This bill was vetoed by the Governor on October 2, 2023, and that veto was overridden by the General Assembly on October 10, 2023. This section became effective on October 10, 2023. The reports required by this section are due to the General Assembly no later than May 1, 2024.