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Subject: Today'sactions from the state regarding 6enXgroundwater testing
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Gentlemen,
Staff at DEQ wanted to give you both a heads up to a news release we are sending today. Attached is a courtesy copy for
you and your staff and speaking points from the agency.
Thanks,
Jamie Kritzer
Release: IMMEDIATE
Date: Sept. 6, 2017
RALEIGH — State officials initiated additional enforcement actions against Chemours Wednesday after preliminary state
test results detected GenX in violation ofstate groundwater standards in non -drinking water wells at the company's
Fayetteville Works facility.
publicized today by the state Department of Environmental Quality show concentrations of GenX
inwells on Chemoun/ Fayetteville Works' property in violation ofstate groundwater standards. The wells tested are
used for environmental monitoring at the facility and are not a source of drinking water.
Based on the preliminary results, DEQ announced its plans to cite Chemours with a notice of violation. Toda/s
announcement comes aday after the state initiated against the company.
DEQ and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday also alerted health officials in Bladen and
Cumberland counties to the preliminary test results. The state will perform initial testing for people who live near
Chemours while requiring the company to produce a comprehensive testing and compliance plan.
The two state agencies are also making plans to host an information session from 6-7:30 p.m. Sept. 14atSt. Paul's
Middle School to answer peoples' questions about the groundwater test results from the Fayetteville Works facility.
"We are taking all necessary steps to address clear violations of state rules and will launch a private well testing regimen
for homeowners living near the facility, to determine if the contamination has moved beyond the Chemours facility into
well water used for drinking," said Michael Regan, secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality. "As is our
routine when we find violations of groundwater rules on a company's property, we are reaching out to residents who
use wells astheir source ofdrinking vvater."
Preliminary Test Results from Chenmomns' Wells
As part of the ongoing state investigation, DEQ collected groundwater samples from 14 groundwater monitoring wells
on the Chemours property in early August. Concentrations of GenX that exceeded acceptable limits were detected in 13
of 14 industrial wells at the plant. Preliminary test results have identified other detections of flourinated compounds.
The water samples collected by DEQ in early August at the company's industrial wells were sent to three laboratories.
The preliminary results come from only one of the labs — Gel Laboratories in Charleston, S.C. State officials have not

received test results from Chemours that were sent to Test America's Colorado lab for analysis, and are awaiting final
results from the EPA lab inResearch Triangle Park.
Jamie Kritzer
Communications Director
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
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