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Subject: EPA Amends Drinking Water Order to DuPont
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
REGION III - OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
1650 Arch Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2029
Phone - 215/814-5100 Fax - 215/814-5102
Contact: David Sternberg 215-814-5615 dandrea.michaelgepa.gov
PHILADELPHIA (January 9, 2017) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced an
amendment to the 2009 Safe Drinking Water Act consent order between EPA and E.I. du Pont de Nemours and
Company (DuPont). The amendment adds The Chemours Company (Chemours) to the 2009 order, and
requires both DuPont and Chemours to take additional actions to reduce exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid
(PFOA) in drinking water for residents in Ohio and West Virginia living near the Washington Works facility in
Parkersburg, WV.
The amendment contains a new action level of .07 parts per billion (ppb) of PFOA which triggers the temporary
provision of an alternate source of drinking water by DuPont and Chemours. The temporary provision of
drinking water will continue until a permanent alternate drinking water supply is provided. The amendment
also expands the geographic areas to be investigated and requires appropriate action if levels of PFOA in
drinking water of .07 ppb or more are discovered.
This amendment to the 2009 Order, which had included a temporary action level of .40 ppb, is supported by
site -specific data, as well as the Lifetime Health Advisory issued by EPA on May 19, 2016, that established .07
ppb, of PFOA in drinking water as protective of human health.
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