Source: Steve DeVane, FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER, 5/17/18

Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the state General Assembly introduced competing bills Thursday to deal with contamination connected to a Bladen County plant. Proposed legislation introduced by Republicans would give Gov. Roy Cooper the authority to shut down a Bladen County plant if state regulators cannot stop further unauthorized discharges of GenX, a potentially carcinogenic compound.

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