Audit: High-priority pre-1983 landfill sites identified across Eastern North Carolina

Audit: 78% of NC inactive landfills not monitored

Out of 688 pre-regulatory inactive landfill sites in North Carolina, 534 (78%) are not being actively monitored through the North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Division of Waste Management’s (DWM) Pre-Regulatory Landfill Program. That’s according to a performance audit released on Monday by the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor. Source: North Carolina Office of the State Auditor. The audit states that figure is …

Audit: High-priority pre-1983 landfill sites identified across Eastern North Carolina

An audit by the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor found hundreds of former landfill sites across the state have never been investigated, including doze

Audit reveals hundreds of potentially contaminated landfills

The Bolivia Dump is pictured in this image from the Brunswick County website. State Auditor Dave Boliek’s office released its performance audit of the Department of Environmental Quality’s Pre-Regulatory Landfill Program on Monday, revealing what the report called a shortfall in the statewide monitoring of former landfill sites. The report found that 78%, or 534, of the 688 identified landfill sites where municipal solid waste disposal occurred …