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ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
secretary
Environmental
Quality
July 21, 2017
Mr. Ellis H. McGaughy
Plant Manager
The Chemours Company FC, LLC
DBA, Chemours Company- Fayetteville Works
22828 NC Highway 87 West
Fayetteville, North Carolina 28306-7332
Dear Mr. McGaughy:
The presence of GenX and other emerging contaminants in the Cape Fear River is an issue of significant
concern in the Cape Fear River watershed. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
(DEQ), in collaboration with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is
investigating this important issue.
It is our understanding that Chemours (and previously DuPont) has been discharging GenX into the Cape
Fear River dating back to the 1980's. As previously requested, and in conjunction with our review of your
pending NPDES renewal application and pursuant to NCGS 143-215.1(c)(1), please submit to DEQ any
and all records in the possession of Chemours related to the discharge of GenX and other emerging
contaminants. This includes records pertaining to production levels of GenX and other products for which
emerging contaminants are a byproduct; discharge levels of emerging contaminants into the Cape Fear
River or anywhere else; and sampling data in your possession related to discharge of GenX and other
emerging contaminants recently and in the past. Finally, I ask that you immediately inform DEQ of any
records relevant to this request that you are aware of but that are not in the possession of Chemours.
Please submit the requested information as soon as possible, but no more than 14 days from the date of
this letter to:
NC Dept. of Environmental Quality
Division of Water Resources
ATTN: Linda Culpepper
1636 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1636
Thank you for your cooperation on this matter.
Sincerely,
GL -
Michael Regan
Secretary
State of North Carolina ! Environmental Quality
217 West Jones Street 1 1601 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1601
9197078600