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The N.C. Environmental Management Commission (EMC) has proposed new rules to “regulate” the discharge of PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances) and 1,4-dioxane into our waterways. **Except these rules – written by industry lobbyists – don’t actually do that.** If the EMC enacts these rules as written, chronic polluters won't have to cut their toxic discharges of PFAS and 1,4 dioxane into North Carolina’s drinking water supplies – they just have to say they will. Even then, they face no consequences even if those discharges INCREASE. You can comment through the Sierra Club action alert at [https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/NorthCarolina?actionId=AR0603325](https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/NorthCarolina?actionId=AR0603325) Alternatively, you can comment directly to the EMC by June 15 by email at [publiccomments@deq.nc.gov](mailto:publiccomments@deq.nc.gov) More information [https://www.deq.nc.gov/news/key-issues/emerging-compounds/water-quality-pfas-standards-north-carolina](https://www.deq.nc.gov/news/key-issues/emerging-compounds/water-quality-pfas-standards-north-carolina) or [https://www.wunc.org/environment/2026-05-14/pfas-dioxane-water-pollution-monitoring-minimization-emc-deq](https://www.wunc.org/environment/2026-05-14/pfas-dioxane-water-pollution-monitoring-minimization-emc-deq)