DEQ-CFW_00023284

July Z1,ZO17
<<Address>>
Dear
The presence of GenX and other emerging contaminants in the Cape Fear River is an issue of significant
concern to residents the Cape Fear watershed and the Cooper Administration. At the North Carolina
Department ofEnvironmental Quality, we, incollaboration with the North Carolina Department of
Health and Human Services, are doing everything we can to urgently address this situation. We do this
out of sense ofpublic duty and professional responsibility to our fellow North Carolina citizens. | ask
that you, too, do everything in your power to address significant public concerns.
DuPont and now Chemours have been discharging GenX into the Cape Fear River dating back to the
1980's, at least. In order to inform the state's understanding of potential health risks to affected
residents, | ask that you immediately convey to DE[lany and all records in the possession of[hemouo
related to the discharge of GenX and other emerging contaminants. This includes records pertaining to
production levels ofGenXand other products for which emerging contaminants are a byproduct;
discharge levels of emerging contaminants into the Cape Fear River or anywhere else; and sampling data
in your possession related to discharge of GenX and other emerging contaminants recently and in the
past. Finally, I ask that you immediately inform DEQ of any records relevant to this request that you are
aware ofbut that are not inthe possession of[hemours.
I appreciate your cooperation on this matter.
Secretary