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From: Culpepper, Linda [/O=EXCHANGELABS/OU=EXCHANG[ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP
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Subject: RE: FAQ need your approval
Most important suggested edit isunthe compliance statement. Need tobecareful.
The TSCA arrangement may be considered a permit — there may be violations there.
DEQ also has been pushing asked the Environmental Protection Agency to provide regulatory guidance on GenX and
*vepk+*#j*support the state during its investigation ofGenX in the Cape Fear River. In response, the EPA has informed
DEQ it will work closely with the state and public water systems to determine the appropriate next steps to ensure
public health protection. The federal agency has also launched its own investigation regarding Chemours' compliance
with a 2009 order issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act for the production of GenX.
When doyou expect bohave the results ready tobereleased hothe
DELlestimates it will take about a month from the time the samples Fesults are received for the laboratory analysis to be
completed at the Colorado lab and evaluated. Samples from the same water parcels also will be sent to the
Environmental Protection Agency's lab in the Research Triangle Park. Officials have not yet determined a timeline for
when analysis from the EPA lab would be completed.
When did the state learn about the NCSU GenX study?
professorof[ivi|,[on��ructionandEnvironmental Engineering atNIState Un�ers�y isone ofthe
lead authors of the study along with members of the EPA Office of Research and Development that identified the
presence ofGenX-Heshared the study with DE(lstaff inNovember 2OlG. Me study
focuses on an unregulated, emerging contaminant for which there is little research. The study was produced in
conjunction with EPA and reflects the importance of emerging technologies. It is not unusual for unregulated
contaminants to come to light as analytical technology gets better at detecting them.
Can the state take action against the company mrclose the facility?
Without identification of imminent health threat, DE[lcannot seek injuctive relief against a company operating within
the bounds ofits permit. Currently, there are noknown violations ofthe Chemourswastewater
permit regarding GenX. The chemical compound in question is unregulated and, therefore, not addressed in a44Y the
wastewater permit-s held by the facility. Additionally, the current health risk evaluation, based in 2013 and 2014
sampling data, indicates a |ovv risk situation.
Chemours responded to pressure from DEQ, local officials and citizens by announcing that on June 21, 2017 the
company would capture, remove and safely dispose of wastewater that contains the byproduct GenX generated at its
manufacturing facility inFayetteville.
Linda Culpepper
Deputy Director
Division of Water Resources
North Carolina Department uJEnvironmental Quality
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Subject: FAQ - need your approval
Folks,
The FAQ for the GenX website is attached. I would appreciate it if you could take a look, see if there questions or
concerns we need to address and edits to make and send me any additional comments.
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Jamie Kritzer
Communications Director
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
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