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From: Vince Winkel [vwinkel0kwhqcorg]
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Subject: Re: DEQ verifies Chemours has stopped discharging GenX wastewater: Site visit to Chemours part of o
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DEQverifio Chomo rs has stoppcd discharging GcnX wastewater
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vo��� oddbd/counqpunyiu wastewater from the byproduct Gen},preventing the unregulated chemical compound
from discharging into the Cape Fear River.
D20officials verified during aoon-siteinspection Tuesday that Chcnxonr is redirecting the wastewater from the Gon}{process
into temporary storage tanks o(theFayetteville facility oodcan hemoved off -site for disposal. Chemours officials told state
DEQ officials that the company shipped one tank of wastewater from the process to an Arkansas commercial incierator for a
trial bum on June 22 and that the company is making arrangements to move and incinerate the waste collected from the process.
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The site visit is part of an ongoing state investigation. DEQ, in consultation with the N.C. Department of Health and Human
Services, is looking into reports of an unregulated chemical known as GcnX in the lower Cape Fear River. Chemours produces
GcnX at its facility in Fayetteville and previously discharged wastewater from the process into the Cape Fear.
In response to requests from DEQ, local officials and residents, Chemours announced on June 20 the company would capture,
remove and safely dispose of wastewater containing the byproduct GenX instead of releasing it into the Cape Fear.
As part of its investigation, DEQ officials are collecting water samples at 12 locations in the Cape Fear River near Chemours'
Fayetteville facility and downstream at the Wilmington area's water system intakes, finished water and groundwater wells
serving the lower Cape Fear region. The first water samples were collected June 19 in the Fayetteville region and June 22 in the
Wilmington region. DEQ officials repeated the same water collection process this week, with samples collected in the
Fayetteville region on June 26 and scheduled for collection in the Wilmington region on June 29. DEQ plans to repeat sampling
again on July 3 and 6.
The water samples collected by DEQ are being analyzed by two independent laboratories, a certified facility in Colorado and a
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in the Rescarcli Triangle Park. The water samples collected by DEQ on June 19 and
June 22 arrived last week at the Colorado and EPA labs.
Once lab analysis is complete, results will be reviewed by state officials with DEQ and DHHS and made available to the public.
Results are expected to be available about a month from the time the samples arrive at the labs. Collecting and analyzing
multiple samples is essential to develop a comprehensive understanding of conditions and further evaluate potential health
impacts.
For the latest information on what DEQ and DHHS are doing to address this issue, please visit DEQ's web page devoted to
GenX. https://deq.ne.gov/iiews/l`iot-topies/gcnx-investigation.
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