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Subject: FVV:EPA Statement they have released today onSenX
Fnmrn: Culpepper, Linda
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Subject: FVV: EPA Statement they have released today on 6enX
Sharing the statement I saw this morning regarding EPA's investigation.
Linda Culpepper
Deputy Director
Division of �AlaterResources
North Carolina DepadmentnfEmimnmento|Quality
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Subject: EPA Statement - they have released today on GenX
EPA Statement 6/20/17
EPA iecommitted Vzprotecting public health andsupporting states and public water systems uathe appropniate steps to
address the presence ofGxnXin drinking water are determined.
EPA has initiated uninvestigation into Chemours" compliance with a 2009 order issued under the Toxic Substances
Control Act (T8CA) for the production of(}ouX. This investigation will allow EPA Lo dotoroubuewhether Chonuour is in
compliance withrequirements ofthe order tocontrol releases tothe environment olthe N.C., facility. EPA io
alsoreviewing the additionaltoxicity data submitted hvthe company, amrequired undordhoconmontorder and updating
the fisk assessment using the additional toxicity data specific to GenX. At the request of the North Carolina Department of
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Environmental Quality (NCDEQ), EPA has agreed to perform independent laboratory analysis for GenX in some of the
water samples being collected by NCDEQ at 13 locations in the Cape Fear River over the next three weeks.
Background
• Typically, EPA investigates potential TSCA noncompliance through a review of production and environmental
controls records required by any rule or order and, as needed, an on -site inspection. EPA may also use
information requests to inform our investigation.
• When EPA issued the consent order, the risk assessment for GenX was informed by available toxicity data for
GenX and analogous substances such as PFOA (also known as C8). The consent order required the company to
conduct additional toxicity testing on GenX.
• EPA has received the data from Chemours and is using it to update its risk assessment.
• Chemours agreed to bear all costs for the water collection and testing. The samples are being sent to a private
laboratory in Colorado, and the EPA Office of Research and Development laboratory in Research Triangle Park,
NC for independent verification.
NCDEQ believes the completed results will be back from the laboratory in Colorado within four weeks from when the
samples are received. EPA is working to determine a timeline for its analysis.
Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, EPA undertakes extensive evaluations of contaminants and uses the best available
peer reviewed science to identify and regulate contaminants that present meaningful opportunities for health risk
reduction.
The agency is working closely with the states and public water systems to determine the appropriate next steps to ensure
public health protection.
Jamie Kritzer
Co-iuimwiic-?tio-is Directil
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
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