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Subject: FVV:New Hanover County W1eeting-Thursda)\June, 15,Z017
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Sheila Holman
Assistant Secretary for the Environment
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1601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1601
Phone/Fax: 919-707-8619
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Subject: FVV:New Hanover County Meetin0-Thuruday,June, 15,ZO17
Logistics of the New Hanover County meeting are below.
Jamie Kritzer
Communications Director
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
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Subject: New Hanover County K4eetin0'Thursday,June, 15,ZU17
ljustopokntnRdh Smith, Communications Director for New Hanover County.
Office number: 910-798-7177 Cell number: 910-899-7590 Email: rsmith(�tInhcL,,ov.coni
Meeting Location:
New Hanover County Government Center
230Government Center Drive
Administration Suite
Lucie Harrell Room #6Ol
This will be the first office suite to the left when you come in the front doors.
Meeting format:
10:30a.zn,11:15o.rn.:Pre-meeting with New Hanover County officials.
11:30 a.nn.-l:OOp.nn.: New Hanover County meeting
1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. News conference
Woody White, New Hanover commission chairman, will lead the meeting with a list of questions for
Cnnu)ours.
Attendees at the meeting include:
New Hanover Counmstaff
City ofWilmington staff
Brunswick County staff
PemdcrCounty staff
[ape Fear Public Utility staff
Chenmnaataff
DEO staff
Sample of questions that New Hanover County is asking The ChemounoCompany for the purposes of
informing the public:
wVAiat were the conditions under theT8CA consent order granted to DuPont relative to the manufacturing,procea
and distribution ofGon)<? |sthere unorder associated with Chommur use o[the chemical compound?
w Were there any limitations under the consent order in regards to discharge of GcnX?
* What, if any, responsibility for use of the compound remained with DuPont? Or did it all transfer to Chemours?
w \\qn'did Chomour install abatement technology nhcnhdid? What does hdo? If it was intended horecover orrecycle
[}cn}{ why is it still showingiothe water?
w How long does GcnXlast iowu(or? Does bstay iothe same chemical form? Does bsit onthe bottom ofthe river?
* Did Ckomoumknow dwas discharging GnnXbefore dinstalled abatement technology?
* What systems are in place to routinely monitor discharge of GenY, into the water? Did monitoring continue after the
installation uIthe abatement technology?
* Do you have data that demonstrates reduction in the discharge of GcnX since the abatement technology was installed?
* Doany permits held byChmoour allow for the dimchagReo[{}ou}Cinto the 6rm?
* Is Cboznourm currently discharging GenX into the river?
* What other materials are being discharged into the rbnr?Are all items regulated?
� |sthere ocumulative measure ofhow much GonX was discharged into the river before abatement technology and
since?
� Does DuPont and/or Chemours have health and safety data on GenX and any potential health risks to the drinking
water supply at different levels of concentration? Describe the toxicology of the impact iothe body.
* Does ChernouruorDuPont know o[any certainty ormethod iofilter orotherwise remove Gen}{from the water
supplies?
*What iu Ck000urs doing ri8hi now today in thfuture to stop [en}discharge?
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• What are Chemours and DuPont doing to advance clean-up of GenX in the water supply as of now?
• Has DuPont and/or Chemours received any type of notification from any regulatory body involving the discharge of
GcnX? If so, what are the details of this/these notification(s)?
• Have any local governments made DuPont and/or Chemours aware of their concerns regarding the discharge of
GcnX? If so, which local governments?
• The questions will be in an open-ended format.
• This is a closed meeting and the only pool reporter will be Adam Wagner from the Star News who will
share information with other media outlets.
• There will be no audio or video recording, but city of Wilmington staff will shoot some pictures and
film some B-roll.
• Congressman Rouzer's staff may attend, but the Congressman will not.
• There will be no state or federal legislative staff present. The county has a conference call scheduled to
update legislators at 2:30 p.m.
News conference:
• The news conference will be down the hall from the meeting. Only credentialed media will be allowed
to attend.
• Media expected to attend include:
o WECT
o WAAY
o Time Warner Cable News
o Port City Daily
o Star News
o Lumina News
• Ruth would like any guidance on holding a news conference that we could give her. I told her a decision
has not been made on whether DEQ staff will participate. She said Chemours will NOT attend.
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