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From: Kimberly Fail [Kimbedy.Fai|4pipapercom]
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Subject: RE: final
OK - a summary is on the local news outlet, but not the full data,
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Subject: [External] : Re: final
We are down several staff so it may be later before it is on our web.
Sent from my iPhone
I did not see it on the GenX portion of the DEQ web site, so I wanted to make sure.
From: Culpepper, Linda
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Cc: Gre8son,Jim
Subject: [External] Re: final
I believe it has already been sent. Been a busy day.
On Jul 14 2017, atS:O] PM, Kimberly Fail wrote:
Linda/Jim-
Kim
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Thank you for the info. Please continue tosend meany additional communications
regarding t�hisissue. Will there beany foUovvupcalls todiscuss t:hisinformation?
Kim
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Unda Culpepper
Deputy Director
Division of Water Resources
North Carolina Department ofEnvironmental Quality
1611Mail Service. CeoLer
pnnne:919'707 9011
From: Kritzer, Jamie
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To: Culpepper, Linda
Subject: final
State releases first water quality data, updated health information for GenXinCape
Fear River
Treated drinking water concentrations trending down; latest levels below updated
health risk threshold
RALEIGH — State officials today released their first results of water quality samples and
an updated preliminary health assessment for concentrations of the unregulated
compound GenXinfinished, ortreated, drinking water.
The revised health goal for exposure to GenX in drinking water is 140 nanograms per
liter (also referred to as parts per trillion).
Samples were analyzed at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in Research
Triangle Park and atT����A���h��,alab inColorado under contract to[hemours.
Data from samples collected June 29and July 6show that the most recent results of
finished, or treated, water in all but one facility were below the N.C. Department of
Health and Human Services' health goal of 140 parts per trillion. The data also reveal
that concentrations ofGenXare trending downward.
Although no information is available about recreational health risks, people should
refrain from swimming near the [hemours facility.
"Our goal, is to protect the safety and health of all North Carolinians," said Mandy
Cohen, secretary of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. "in doing so,
we are working closely with our partners at the Department of Environmental Quality to
understand and communicate the potential health risks in a timely manner, to help
those impacted bythis GenX."
N.C. Department ofEnvironmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan said:
"Safe drinking water is a top priority for this administration, and DEQ takes seriously its
responsibility to protect the health and welfare of the public. We will continue to
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investigate this issue and make new information available to the public in a timely
fashion."
The findings reflect water quality data from samples collected at Llsites in the
Fayetteville and Wilmington areas between June 19 -July 6. Results show higher
concentrations near the point where [hemours' Fayetteville manufacturing facility was
discharging GenX into the Cape Fear River, and much lower concentrations at the public
water supply systems near the facility and 70 miles downstream in the Wilmington area.
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services released an initial preliminary
health risk assessment on June 8 for GenX in the Cape Fear River. Based on continuing
analysis ofhealth data and consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency, the
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services today updated its initial preliminary
health assessment for GenX, the unregulated chemical compound recently identified in
the lower Cape Fear River.
This updated health goal ofl4Oparts per trillion isexpected tobethe most
conservative and health protective for non -cancer effects in bottle-fed infants, pregnant
women, lactating women, children and adults. This health goal is lower than the health
goal in the initial preliminary health assessment. This change was based on factors
including the use ofa different set of studies and assumptions.
Lower second week values reflect reduced exposure to GenX when, at the urging of
state, local officials and concerned citizens, Chemours on June 21 began diverting
wastewater containing the contaminant into storage tanks to be shipped out ofstate for
incineration. DEQ inspected the Chemours site again this week after the company
indicated that data it had collected was higher than what it would have expected to see
after the June J1wastewater diversion had started. DE[\inspectors confirmed this week
that Chemours stopped the additional discharges of GenX into the river and is collecting
them for removal and incineration.
The following data table reflects partial results of concentrations ofGenXafter the
water had been treated bypublic water systems.

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Early results from all 13test sites can befound onthe NI.Department of
Environmental Quality's GenXw/ebshe:
Adocument showing the results inaspreadsheet isat:
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Additional water sample testing and analysis are underway with results to be shared
once analysis iscompleted.
The state's preliminary health goal was developed in consultation with EPA and the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ongoing discussions will apply guidance
from leading federal researchers of emerging contaminants to help state officials
provide the public with the best information available on potential health risks posed by
6enX.
Some local utilities and governments also are conducting independent water sampling.
Because the protocols in place for these samplings and related analysis may not be
consistent with the DEQ practices, they are not being factored into the state's
preliminary health risk assessment.
Officials have been collecting water samples at multiple locations in the Fayetteville and
Wilmington areas each week since June 19 and will continue sampling until at least late
July. DE{lofficials have extended the state's sampling regimen from three'to'sixvveeks
to provide a more comprehensive understanding of GenX concentrations in the lower
Cape Fear River.
For further information, please contact Chris Mackey, with the N.C. Department of
Health and Human Services, at919'O55-484D,orJamie Kritzer, with the NI.
Department ofEnvironmental Quality at919'7O7'O6OZ.
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Jamie Kritzer
Communications Director
N�Department ofEnvironmental Quality
919-707-8602
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