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Subject: FW: Nina Szlosberg-Landis *Time Sensitive*
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Chris, this sounds like a different forum than the one you mentioned this morning?
Noelle Talley
Deputy Communications Director
Office of Governor Roy Cooper
Office: 919-814-2101
Mobile: [phone]
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Subject: FW: Nina Szlosberg-Landis *Time Sensitive*
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Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 10:13 AM
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Subject: Nina Szlosberg-Landis *Time Sensitive*
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We're trying to reach Gov. Cooper today before our Community Forum on GenX happening TONIGHT at 6prn
in Wilmington. The press has been invited. Local public officials have been invited to attend from New
Hanover and Brunswick counties.
If possible, here are the items we would like movement or before 5prn today:
- We have strong concerns about D14HS's public health statement. We think their calculations were
wrong. Our scientists in Wilmington spoke with DHHS on Monday and were not satisfied with DHHS's
inability to clarify how the assessed the known risk. It is my understanding DHHS miscalculated the risk by a
magnitude of three. Basically, DHHS is telling the public that GenX is 1000x safer to consume than any
PFOA/PFOS. We take issue with that assessment. WE WANT THAT ROLLED BACK ASAP!!
- To my knowledge we have not heard any public statements from Gov. Cooper on this entire issue and that is
getting noted. If there has been one and we missed it, my apologies... information has been flowing quickly
here. If no official statement has been made to date, we are concerned by that.
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- In that public statement we'd like to know that the State is doing ALL it can to address this concern
locally. Chemours released a public statement yesterday offering to voluntarily halt all discharge of GenX into
our water supply. We have questions surrounding that.
1. How is Chemours going to capture, remove, and dispose of the wastewater containing GenX?
2. Sounds like this was a voluntary move on Chemours' part. Yet, the statement only specified Chemours and
not Kuraray or any other facility at the Fayetteville Works site that has access to the discharge permit and
pipes. Does this mean that there will be NO GenX discharged in any form or any amount from the facilities in
the DuPont, Chemours, or Kuraray complex at any point in time from now on? Will Chemours be entering into
a consent order to ensure this is the case?
3. How will Chemours ensure that the drinking water drawn from the Cape Fear River is safe in the future?
What remediation steps will be imposed on them?
Ultimately, we are asking for a better line of communication between our local stakeholders and the State
officials to ensure greater transparency on this public health issue.
Here is the press release for tonight's Community Forum. It outlines our speakers. I look forward to working
with you on this issue.
June 19, 2017
Chemours' private, closed door, meeting with government officials and CFPUA left everyone with more
questions than answers. Cape Fear River Watch is assembling a panel of environmental and health stakeholders
and professionals on Wednesday, June 21 from 6:OOPM - 8:OOPM at the Coastline Convention Center located in
downtown Wilmington for a Community Forum to address public confusion and concern.
Former Wilmington mayor, Harper Peterson, will moderate this discussion. The following professionals and
educators have signed on to give public statements and answer questions regarding emergent contaminants in
our shared water supply:
1. Dr. Lawerence Cahoon, PhD professor UNCW (biological oceanographer)
2. Dr. Susanne Brander, PhD professor UNCW (ecotoxicologist)
3. Kemp Burdette, Cape Fear Riverkeeper
4. Adam Wagner, StarNews reporter (only reporter invited to Chemours' meeting).
5. John F. Green 11, attorney
6. Dr. David Hill, M.D. pediatrician at Kidz Care Pediatrics
Efforts are underway to form a coalition of citizens, community stakeholders, professionals, and educators
called Clean Cape Fear. Find us on Facebook: @CleanCapeFear to partner with us or follow our efforts.
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Cape Fear River Watch, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, has been working to protect and improve the water
quality of the Lower Cape Fear River Basin through Education, Advocacy, and Action since 1993. Cape Fear
River Watch engages residents of our watershed through programs to preserve and safeguard our river. Our
Cape Fear Riverkeeper is a member of the Waterkeeper Alliance, an international clean water advocacy
organization.
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