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Subject: RE: State issues notice of violation against Chemours based on new groundwater tests
Thanks, Jamie. Copying Drew.
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Sent: Wednesday, September 13,JO17S:U1PK4
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Subject: FW: State issues notice of violation against Chemours based on new groundwater tests
Janet,
| wanted tokeep you apprised. We're receiving requests for the health studies [hemouoprovided DEQ.The company
has marked them as privileged and we need to make a determination about the degree to which they are privileged.
That would fall in OG[.
Can I send this your way for Drew or someone else to handle?
Jamie Kritzer
Communications Director
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
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From: Devane, Steve [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 4:28 PM
To: Kritzer, Jamie <jam ie.kritzer@ ncdenr.gov>
Subject: Re: State issues notice of violation against Chemours based on new groundwater tests
Hi Jamie,
Please consider this a formal request for copies of those studies. If the state's legal staff determines that they are
privileged, please ask them to cite the state law which says they shouldn't be released.
Thanks
Steve
Steve DeVane
Staff Writer
The Fayetteville Observer
910.486.3572 - office
910.978.8452 - mobile
On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Kritzer, Jamie <jarnie.kritzerr& ncdenr.gov> wrote:
Steve,
The company has marked the health studies as privileged. The state agency's legal staff will need to make a
determination about the degree to which information the company has provided us is privileged.
Jamie Kritzer
Communications Director
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
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919-218-5935
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From: Devane, Steve [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 4:14 PM
To: Kritzer, Jamie <jarqie.kritzergncdenr.gov>
Subject: Re: State issues notice of violation against Chernours based on new groundwater tests
Hi Jamie,
The Sept. 5 letter from DEQ to Chernours says the company had only this year provided the department with
health studies that DuPont and Chernours had conducted previously on GenX. Can you get me a copy of those
studies? If not, can you provide me with a summary of them and their findings?
Thanks.
Steve
Steve DeVane
Staff Writer
The Fayetteville Observer
910.486.3572 - office
910.978
1 .8452 -mobile
On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 9:58 AM, Kritzer, Jamie <jarnie.kritzer@)ncdenr.gov> wrote:
Steve,
DEQ-CFW-00084589

Our ongoing investigation and the protection of peoples' drinking water is our highest priority. As such, we are moving
quickly to start sampling peoples' wells because it is always a concern when we identify contamination in groundwater
near private drinking wells.
The results we receive will inform our next steps and we will keep the public informed at every step along the way.
Jamie Kritzer
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
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To: Kritzer, Jamie
Cc: Leonard, Laura <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: State issues notice of violation against Chemours based on new groundwater tests
Hi Jamie,
Thanks for the quickreply. Two other quickquestions. How does the presence ofC8(PF()A)bring additional

I appreciate it
Steve
Steve DeVane
Staff Writer
The Fayetteville Observer
910.486.3572 572 -office
910.978.8452 - mobile
On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Kritzer, Jamie <jamie.kritzerr& ncdenr.gov> wrote:
Steve,
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From: Devane, Steve[mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 8:09 AM
To: Kritzer, Jamie <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: State issues notice of violation against Chemours based on new groundwater tests
Hi Jamie,
I was taking a look at the map showing the preliminary test results from the groundwater at Chemours. It looks like the
GenX level is hundreds of times the state drinking water goal and the PFOA (C8) level in a couple of places is 50
times the federal health advisory level.
Are those levels that should concern residents nearby?
People in this community deserve to know about the safety ofth-eir well water and. we're working to get them answers.
As is our routine when we find violations of groundwater rules on a regulated entity's property, we are conducting
private well testing fi_ir people living near the Eacility to determine if any contamination has moved beyond the
Chemours facility into wells used foi- drinkin<g. We will conduct the private well testing and take any appropriate steps
to protect peoples' drinking water, based on what the results show.
Also, has DEQ gotten any more results from tests at the Chemours plant?
We have not received new results from the Chemours plant.
Has DEQ started taking water samples from nearby residences?
State officials plan to start collecting water samples for testing from residential wells adjacent to the facility on Friday
as part i_if°an ongoing investigation into the chemical GenX, which is produced by Chemours.
Finally, l noticed a subpoena on the website from a federal grand jury asking DEQ for Chemours documents. What is
that about?
In late July, the U.S. Attorneys Office issued DEQ with a subpoena that requests foi- the agency's documents,
including permits, environmental compliance infld_irmation, reports, emailse research, and notes related to the Chemours
Company's Fayetteville Works facility, GenX and the other fluorinated chemicals. We are providing those documents
DEQ-CFW 00084592

in a. rollinf, schedule to the U.S, Attorney's 01'ficc. We issued a news release about the subpocna. and posted the
subpoena itself. You can find the news release with the subpoena linked at:
doCLtMentS-feder,il-investig,ition-rel,ited-cheiiioLtrs.
Thanks.
Steve
Steve DeVane
Staff Writer
The Fayetteville Observer
910.486.3572 - office
910.978.8452 - mobile
On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 4:32 PM, Jamie Kritzer <jamje.krjtzerL�)ncdenr.gov> wrote:
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RALEIGH —State off icia Is initiated add itiona I enforcement actions against Chemours Wednesday after preliminary state test
I. esults detected GenX in violation of state groundwater standards in non -drinking water wells at the company's Fayetteville
Works facility.
3reliminary test results publicized today by the state Department of Environmental Quality show concentrations ofGenXin
UsonChemours'Fayetteville Works' property in violation of state groundwater standards. The wells tested are used for
onvironmental 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.noticeToda/sannouncemert
comes uday after the state initiated other legal action against the company.
DEQ and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday also alerted health officials in Bladen and
,-umberland counties to the preliminary test results. The state will perform initial testing for people who live near Chemours
requiring the company to produce a comprehensive testing and compliance plan.
rhe two state a encies 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.
Ve 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
,/Vater used for drinking," said Michael Regan, secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality. "As is our routine
,:/Vhen we find violations of groundwater rules on a company's property, we are reaching out to residents who use wells as
their source of drinking water."
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
(ndustria|wells atthe plant. Preliminary test results have identified other detections ofUourinatedcompounds.
rhe water samples collected by DEQ in early August at the company's industrial wells were sent tothree laboratories. The
preliminary | from only one ofthe labs — Gel Laboratories inCharleston, IC. State officials have not received test
results from Chemuuothat were sent to Test America's Colorado lab for analysis, and are awaiting final results from the EPA
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