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Subject: FVV:ChemoursOperating Permit
Kathleen C. Lance
Executive Assistant to secretary Michael S. Regan
North Carolina Department of Environmental quality
(9I9) 707-8661 office
(919) 568-43I0 mobile
[e-mail]
217 west 3ones street
I50I mail service center
Raleigh, mc 27699
Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
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From: Thomas Keenan [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Tuesday' 3une 20' 2017 9:12 xm
To: Regan, Michael s <michael.neganWncdenr.gov,
subject: chemnurs operating Permit
z am writing to ask that you become personally engaged in the mPoss permit review currently underway with
chemours for its facility in Fayetteville, NC. chemours has publicly stated that it has discharged
^Genx^ into the cape pear River and has done so since about 1980. But that information has not been
publicly disclosed until recently.
^oenx^ is a suspected carcinogen and is a relatively new material that has been developed to replace its
predecessor c8. For many decades, wherever duPnnt {now chemours} have carried out manufacture of c9,
they excessively polluted drinking water sources with this material. eventually after significant legal
actions, c8 has been phased out and replaced by ^aenx.^ out the practices of excessive discharge into
drinking water supplies continues unabated' even though preliminary toxicological studies of '`Genx^ have
determined that it is currently a suspected human carcinogen. why would anyone be granted free reign to
discharge such a toxic substance pretty much at will? And given the long term track record of dupont
(now called Chemours) why would they be allowed to operate at all?
why is chemuurs allowed to discharge these toxic materials into the Cape pear River? why do its
operating permits allow this with no requirement for containment' measurement, monitoring and reporting
of discharges of this toxic substance? They apparently have an operating permit for one process that
produces ^Genx^ as a co product in another process. Because ^Genx^ is not the primary intended product
for that process, the permit has no restrictions on discharges of this material into public waterways?
This makes no sense and needs to be corrected.
The public drinking water companies in southeast North Carolina do not have the capability to remove this
material in their treatment systems so the toxic substances are being sent directly to all homes in the
area sourced from the cape pear River.
The mcosQ should immediately cause a shutdown of this process until proper controls are in place to
protect public drinking water sources. Furthermore, the mposs permit, currently under review' needs to
be substantially amended to incorporate proper controls' monitoring & reporting requirements.
since learning of this shocking situation a little more than a week ago' many local citizens have begun
to band together to protect ourselves and our drinking water. we will not go away until this issue is
resolved. please help us in that cause.
Tom Keenan
528 moss Tree Drive
Wilmington, mc 28405

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