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From: King, Morelia s[/O=EXCHANGELA8S/OU=EXCHANGEADMINISTRATIVE GROUP
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Subject: RE: draft news release
RALE|GH—The NI,Department ofEnvironmental Quality, inconsultation with the Department ofHealth and Human
Services, are investigating the presence ofGenX,anunregulated compound that Was diSGGvered detected |nthe Cape
Fear River. Staff with the N.C. DEQ will sample the water in the Cape Fear River and other locations
starting today and continuing Thursday. DEQ Staff will sample at 12 locations this
week and will continue collecting samples for analysis for the next three weeks.
Today, DE{lstaff inthe Fayetteville regional office iscollecting water samples atthe Ohemuuoplant #*e
that uses GenX during industrial processes, the Bladen Bluff intake and their finished water, and the one water supply
well in Bladen County. On Thursday, DEQ staff in the Wilmington regional office plan to sample
SaRitaFy Dist the Lower Cape Fear Water and Sewer Authority intake, the International Paper intake, the
International Paper finished water, the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority's finished water, the Pencler County public
utility's finished water, the Brunswick County public utility's finished water, the Cape Fear Public Utility's Aquifer Storage
and Recovery well, and the Wrightsville Beach water supply well.
State environmental regulators will collect the water samples and will send those to a laboratory capable ofdetecting
GenX in water at low concentrations. In following accepted standards, DE[lis required to receive the materials for
sampling from the laboratory in Colorado and follow proper testing protocols to ensure the accuracy of the tests.
After meeting with D8lstaff last week, Chemours agreed to bear all costs for the water collection and testing. The
laboratory, which is in Colorado, has indicated that the first test results will likely be available four weeks from when the
samples are received, but multiple rounds of testing and analysis will be necessary for a meaningful evaluation of the
water quality.
To learn more about sampling locations, please contact Jamie Kritzer, communications director for DEQ, at 919'707'
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Release: IMMEDIATE
Date: June l9,2Ol7
Contact: Jamie Kritzer
Phone: [phone]
RALE|GH — Staff with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality will sample the water in the [ape Fear River for an
unregulated chemical compound known as GenX starting today and continuing Thursday.
Staff will sample at 12 locations this week and will continue collecting samples for analysis for the next three weeks.
Today, DE{lstaff in the Fayetteville regional office plan to collect water samples at the [hemours plant the uses GenX
during industrial processes, the Bladen Bluff intake and their finished water, and the one water supply well in Bladen
OnThursday, DBQstaff in Wilmington plan to sample Southeast Brunswick Sanitary District's intake, the International
Paper intake, the International Paper finished water, the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority's finished water, the Pender
County public utility's finished water, the Brunswick County public utility's finished water, the Cape Fear Public Utility's
Aquifer Storage and Recovery well, and the Wrightsville Beach water supply well.
DEQ staff, in consultation with state Department of Health and Human Services, are investigating the presence of the
unregulated compound that was discovered in the Cape Fear River.
State environmental regulators will collect the water samples and will send those to a laboratory capable ofdetecting
GenX in water at low concentrations. In following accepted standards, DE{liu required to receive the materials for
sampling from the laboratory in Colorado and follow proper testing protocols to ensure the accuracy of the tests.
After meeting with DBlstaff last week, Chemours agreed to bear all costs for the water collection and testing. The
laboratory, which is in Colorado, has indicated that the first test results will likely be available four weeks from when the
samples are received, but multiple rounds of testing and analysis will be necessary for a meaningful evaluation of the
water quality.
To learn more about sampling locations, please contact Jamie Kritzer, communications director for DBI at 919'707-
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Jamie Kritzer
Communications Director
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
519-707-8602
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