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RE: Governor's Office onFederal Investigation Related ToChemours
Jamie Kritzer
Communications Director
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
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Subject: FW: Governor's Office on Federal Investigation Related To Chemours
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Subject: Governor's Office on Federal Investigation Related To Chemours
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August 3,207
RALEIGH —The N.C. Department ofEnvironmental Quality has been served with a federal
grand jury subpoena requesting information related to an ongoing investigation into Chemours
permit to discharge the unregulated compound GenX into the Cape Fear River.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District o[North Carolina issued the criminal
subpoena on July 28. The subpoena requests that by Aug. 22 DEQ provide to a grand jury in
Wilmington permits, environmental compliance information, reports and correspondence about
the Chemours Company's Fayetteville Works facility, GenX and other fluorinated chemicals.
"DEQ will provide all relevant records about Chemours as part of this ongoing federal
investigation,^DB}spokesman Jamie Kritzer said. ^VVe are pleased that federal authorities are
taking this matter seriously aswecontinue our own investigation into Chemnursand the
issues surrounding GenXand the other unregulated chemical compounds.^
Aapokeaman for the Eastern District of North Carolina would neither "confirm nor deny"
subpoenas were issued and refused to comment further on the ongoing investigation.
The federal investigation is just one o[several looking into Chemours'practices. State
Attorney General Josh Stein sent Chemours an investigative demand last week looking into
whether the chemical giant used deceptive trade practices while marketing GenX. And Gov.
Roy Cooper, during his visit toWilmington last week, said he directed DEO and the N.C.
Department cfHealth and Human Services to launch an investigation intoChemoum'
discharge of GenX. He also directed the State Bureau of Investigation's Diversion and
Environmental Crimes Unit to assess whether a criminal investigation is warranted in this case.
Cooper and his administration were successful in getting Chemours to stop the release of
GenX. Since then, the levels of GenX in finished drinking water from the Cape Fear River
continues to be below the state's public health goal and has been trending downward,
according to recent testing samples.
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