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Brenntag Mid-South sued by AG Jeff Jackson and NC Dept of Environmental Quality
DURHAM COUNTYState AG sues company over ‘black water’ near an East Durham elementary school
Tuesday AG Jeff Jackson and NC Dept of Environmental Quality sued the chemical distributor Brenntag Mid-South for contaminating local waterways.
By Kristen Johnson
June 10, 2026 6:40 PM
The state is suing a chemical distribution company it says is illegally dumping pollutants from its East Durham facility into local waterways.
N.C. Attorney General Jeff Jackson and the N.C. Department of Justice, representing the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Brenntag Mid-South Inc., a distributor of industrial chemicals and ingredients.
State officials are demanding that the company, which has a facility at 2000 E. Pettigrew St., immediately contain the alleged contamination and submit a cleanup plan within 30 days. In November, Brenntag was cited by state officials for failing to clean up leaking barrels on the property.
According to the lawsuit, recent testing showed the chemicals enter a stream that runs behind Burton Magnet Elementary School, through Burton Park, and feeds into Third Fork Creek and Jordan Lake, the drinking water supply for over a million people.
Read more at:
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/durham-county/article316062100.html
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