North Carolina Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board meeting, October 4

The state Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board will meet to discuss DEQ’s Emerging Contaminant Framework and PFAS Strategy. The Board will also continue discussion on data from the August 2021 “PFAS in NC” presentation. The public is invited to attend the meeting online or by phone.

*Mute your telephone upon entering*

Meeting Agenda

For those attending online, DEQ highly recommends testing out your computer’s WebEx capabilities prior to the below digital public hearing. Please click this link to test an online hearing: https://www.webex.com/test-meeting.html

The Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board includes 16 experts in toxicology, public health, ecology, engineering and other related fields. Their expertise assists the state departments of Environmental Quality and Health and Human Services by recommending reviews and evaluations of contaminants, acting as consultants on DEQ’s determinations to regulate contaminants, and helping the agencies identify contaminants of concern and determine which contaminants should be studied further.

To learn more about the board and hear recordings of past meetings, please visit: https://deq.nc.gov/about/boards-and-commissions/secretaries-science-advisory-board