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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022.01.28_CCO.p.28_NCDEQ_Quarterly Progress Report Cover LetterThe Chemours Company Fayetteville Works 22828 NC Highway 87 W Fayetteville, NC 28306 January 28, 2022 Sushma Masemore Assistant Secretary N.C. Department of Environmental Quality 1601 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1601 sushma.masemore@ncdenr.gov Re: Submission of Quarterly Progress Report Pursuant to Consent Order Paragraph 28 Dear Ms. Masemore, Chemours is pleased to submit the enclosed quarterly progress report, as required under paragraph 28 of the Consent Order entered by the Superior Court for Bladen County on February 25, 2019. This quarterly progress report details the work and activities undertaken and completed pursuant to the Consent Order and Addendum for the period from October 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. During the fourth quarter of 2021, Chemours continued its comprehensive work to implement the projects set forth in the Consent Order and Addendum. Significant actions undertaken during this quarterly reporting period include: Chemours continued to operate its thermal oxidizer facility, which is destroying over 99.99% of all PFAS air emissions routed to it. All of Chemours’s process wastewater continues to be captured and safely disposed of off-site or recycled internally within several manufacturing processes. Significant work continues to reduce the remaining PFAS loadings from surface water and groundwater to the Cape Fear River, pursuant to both the Consent Order and Addendum. During the fourth quarter, Chemours continued operation of the capture and treatment system for the Old Outfall (Outfall 003), the flow-through cell systems for Seeps A, B, C, and D, as well as the Monomers/IXM stormwater capture and treatment system. Chemours also continued to perform mass loading sampling, submitted mass loading modeling results, and took actions in furtherance of the forthcoming barrier wall and groundwater extraction and treatment system for onsite groundwater. Chemours continues to provide replacement drinking water supplies to qualifying residences and other private well users. Approximately 2700 residences are receiving bottled water, and whole building or under sink filtration systems have been installed at approximately 3000 residences. Additionally, Chemours is proceeding with implementation of its September 2021 agreement with Bladen County to fund public 2 water system upgrades and connections associated with providing permanent replacement drinking water supplies under the Consent Order. We are focused and intent on ensuring that the implementation of the Consent Order and Addendum continues to proceed in the same manner. If you have any questions or need any additional information concerning this report, or the Consent Order implementation generally, please contact me at Dawn.M.Hughes- 1@chemours.com. Sincerely, Dawn M. Hughes Plant Manager Chemours – Fayetteville Works Enclosure Quarterly Progress Report Cc: William F. Lane, DEQ Francisco Benzoni, NC DOJ Michael Abraczinskas, DAQ Michael Scott, DWM Danny Smith, DWR David C. Shelton, Chemours John F. Savarese, WLRK Kemp Burdette, CFRW Geoff Gisler, SELC