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RE: NCDEOiand EPA ORDwork inCape Fear request for quote
Jamie Kritzer
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From: Holman, Sheila
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To: Kritzer, Jamie «jamie.krkzer@ncdenr.0ov»
Subject: FW: NC DEQ and EPA ORD work in Cape Fear - request for quote
Jamie,
| believe that Sarah was working on a quote for this story. Can you make sure that one is provided to Lisa in the next
couple of days?
Sheila Holman
Assistant Secretary for the Environment
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From: Matthews, Lisa
Sent: Thursday, June Z9,ZU174:3OPK4
To: Holman, Sheila
Cc: Carolyn Hanson Omne'Zava|eta JenniferSubject: NC DEQ and EPA ORD work in Cape Fear - request for quote
Hi Shelia,
It was nice to see you at ERA RTPatthe end of May. We are working with ECOS/ER|Sto develop some new stories about
how ORD research and technical assistance are helping the states. Below isa draft story on ORD'ssupport related to
PFAS and the Cape Fear River Basin. It would be very helpful to have a quote from you about the impact of EPA ORD's
work. We also welcome any comments or corrections on the draft story. If you are able to provide a quote by July 5, it
would be most appreciated.
Thank you oumuch,
Lisa
Partners: Cape Fear Public Utility Authority; Town ofPittsboro,NC; Fayetteville, NCState Highway and Public Works
Commission, NCDepartment ufEnvironmental Quality
Challenge: Mapping PFASlevels across anentire river basin
Resource: Methods development and laboratory analyses
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Because ofconcerns about long -chain pepandpolyfluoroa|kyluubutanoes(PFAS)vvhichpeoistindheemvirunment,their
use began being phased out in 2006. In 2007, EPA ORD began a first -ever effort in the U.S. to map PFAS levels in an
entire watershed, focusing on North Carolina's Cape Fear River Basin. This mapping effort demonstrated that there were
multiple sources of many different PFAS throughout the basin, suggesting that since the basin is a major drinking water
resource, it could potentially be responsible for human exposures to PFAS throughout the entire region. As part of this
effort, ORD also developed research based methods to measure PFAS in drinking water.
EPA ORD's PFAS research in the Cape Fear Basin has continued since the 2007 mapping effort, specifically focusing on
continued tracking of PFAS in surface and drinking water samples while discovering the emergence of novel PFAS using

high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) non -targeted analysis approaches. This work was highlighting the ongoing
presence not only of many of the old, legacy PFAS compounds (such as PFOS/PFOA), but also of a suite of new PFAS
(such as GenX) that came into production after the legacy PFASvvene phased out. Most recently, ORD researchers
showed conclusively that these new PFASvvere present in the drinking water in Wilmington, N[, which will assist the
state ofNorth Carolina inunderstanding exposures from PFA8.
Lisa Matthews
Senior Advisor and State Liaison
USEPA Office ufResearch and Development
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