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Home My WebLink AboutDEQ-CFW_00081279From: Munger, Bridget [/D=EXCHANGELABS/OU=EXCHANGEADMINISTRATIVE GROUP (FYD|BOHF2]SPDLT)/CN=REOP|ENTS/CN=C54[IF65OCEA499G8A5ABA689C2O4F61'BCPWUNGER] Sent: 8/2/20I79:20:45PM To: Christina Haley [cha|ey@wi|minXtonbiz.com] CC: Kritzer, Jamie [/h=ExchangeLabs/ou=ExchangeAdministrative Group (FYD|BOHFI]3PD[n/cn=Kedpients/cn=cee93o49dO1445a]b54Ibb]I7dcdc840-jbkritzer] Subject: RE: Questions and fact check Greater Wilmington Business Journal Attachments: Permit Feb 6IOI%.pdtPermit Ownership Mod Oct %8IO15.pdf Hi Christina, My apologies for the delayed response. Please see answers below. 1.)When might |boable toschedule unofficial phone interview with WCDEQ? I'm going tndefer tn DEQ's communications director, Jamie Kritzer, regarding the irdmnjewrmquent. He, is copied on this 2.) Can you answer the question about the chemicals in the report and if all six are being linked to Chemours or not? Soumes have not been confirnred for the additional chemicals noted in Dr, Knippe's study, 3.)Can you make Chomoumcurrent permit available? Ihave attached the cunentChemoumpmnnhtothis email intwo parts, Part. one is tbepenmft issued Feb, 6'2O12,Part. two is the nime/ownership cAhange permit modlficition issued Oct, 28, 2015, Let me know. Thanks! Bast. Christina ----- Original Message --- From:Christina Haley Gant: Friday, July 28.2O17S:64PK8 To: K8ungor, BhdQot«bhdgedmunger@nndonr.gov> Subject: Re: Questions and fact check ' Greater Wilmington Business Journal Hi Bridget, This list you provided from Dr. Knappe's report ... are all these chemicals being linked to the Chemours site or are they suspected to come from other industrial sites along the Cape Fear? B*st, Christina xHiChristina, x Please see the attached file for copy of Dr. Knnppo's report. The six compounds the lab will be testing for are included in graph (b) on the third page of the report. The graph doesn't spell out the acronyms, an |\m included the full list below. GonXisfourth nnthe list. OEQ-CFVV_00081279 • Bridget Munger • Public Information Officer • N.C. Department of Environmental C>ue|by Division of Energy, K8ineno| • and Land Resources Division ofWater Resources *A1Q-8O7-83G3 o#oo *A1Q-2O7-778G mobile *bhdged.munger@nodancgnv<maiko:bhdgat.mungar@nudencgnv> *1G1JMail Service Center * Raleigh, NC 27699-1612 � • Email correspondence toand from this address issubject tothe North • Carolina Public Records Law and may bedisclosed tothird parties. � • From: Munger, Bridget • Sent: Wednesday, June 28.2O171:58PM •To: Christina He|ey<ohe|oy@wi|mingtonbiz.com> • Cc: Kritzer, Jamie <jemie.krKzor@nodenr.gov>;Munger, Bridget • <bhdged.munger@ncdonr.gnv> • Subject: RE: Questions and fact check - Greater Wilmington Business xJourne| xChristnn. > In addition to GenX, the labs will run analysis for the seven analytes mentioned in Dr. Knappe's research. I have requested a list from the DEQ laboratory, but you can also find that information in the published research paper. > Of the 19 discharge outfalls along the Cape fear, 11 of them are municipal wastewater treatment plants and eight are industrial facilities. • Bridget Munger • Public Information Officer • N.C. Department ofEnvironmental Quality Division of Energy, Mineral • and Land Resources Division ofWater Resources *Q1Q-8O7-8363 office *Q1Q-2O7-7786 mobile Raleigh, NC 27699-1612 • Email correspondence tnand from this address issubject tothe North • Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. • From: Christina Haley [meiko:ohe|ey@wi|mingtonbiz.com] • Sent: Tuesday, June 27.2O1711:5JAM • To: Munger, Bridget • <bhdQot.munQor@nodencgov<maiUo:bhdgedmunger@ncdoncgnv>> • Cc: Kritzer, Jamie •<jamie.kritzor@nod*nr.gov<meikojamie.hrka*r@nodenr.gnv*> • Subject: RE: Questions and fact check ' Greater Wilmington Business •Journa| xHey Bridget, xThank you for the information. xVVhi|o | appreciate your help and know you all have a lot of requests to fulfill at the moment, | don't think | was specific enough about myfirst question. OEQ-CFVV_00081280 > Last week, | had asked a few questions and Assistant Secretary of Environment Shelia Holman indicated that you all were looking at a few unregulated pollutants now and working with EPA to look at health studies and determine how best to move forward addressing those. | don't see anything on the EPA weboitathat addresses that nrhow many you all are looking at. | was told that Shelia Holman and | could follow up. > Even though I am past my deadline at this point for print, I would like to see if you all could provide an answer to that question for an update | am working on for daily story today set hu post at 3 pm. > Also, if you could be specific to the number of industries vs. wastewater industry in the 19 major facilities, that would be great. And I'm assuming the Chomnursplant isincluded inthat number? � > Thank you for your time. � >BesL >Christina > From: Munger, Bridget[meikobridg*t.munger@nodencgnv] xSent: Thursday, June 22.2O174:3SPK8 xTo: Christina Haley x<ohn|ey@wi|minAtonbiz.com<muiKo:oha|oy@wi|mingtonbiz.00m>> xCc: Kritzer, Jamie x/1nmie.krbzor@nodonr.gov<maiKojamio.krbzor@ncdonr.gnv>> xSubject: RE: Questions and fact check - Greater Wilmington Business xJourne| xChristnn. > Please see below for answers to your questions as well as corrections to the content from last week (first email below). > Is there ongoing research (other than the current GenX) investigation to find emerging compounds/contaminates, either chemical or microbial in our water system? Have any been found in the past? If so, how many and do they pose a risk to human health? > As a requirement of the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gathers data about select unregulated contaminants to determine their pnuva|onoa and |owa|o at drinking water facilities in the nation. When combined with relevant health effect studies, the data is used to help EPA determine if regulation is necessary, and if so, at what levels. The web page for the overall program and monitoring data can be found at: hftpo://www.epa.Aov/dvvunmr. > How many industries are currently being monitored inour region along > the Cape Fear River? (If too many for an estimate, then I could also use any information that could describe the vast amount of industries you all are monitoring or why it's important. Or both.) There are 19 major facilities located on the mainstem of the Cape Fear River that have a NPIDES wastewater discharge permit. Over half of those facilities are municipal wastewater treatment plants. All of these facilities are required to perform monitoring and submit monthly discharge monitoring reports to DEQ. For industrial dischargers, the types of chemicals they are required to monitor for depends on their industrial processes and applicable state and federal regulations. > Is this GenX investigation impacting any other industries along the Cape Fear River? > No. At this time, DEQ believes the source of the GenX compound to be the Chemours' Fayetteville facility. > How would you summarize the GenX investigation and what it is the end mission of the investigation? Could you describe how orinwhat ways this investigation could have asanend result? > Staff with DEQ are monitoring multiple locations along the Cape Fear to determine current levels of the GenX compound in the water. This monitoring will continue for three weeks, allowing the state to capture new data on conditions in the river. Our objective is to determine the current concentration of GenX in the lower Cape Fear, and in partnership with DHHS, better characterize any potential health risk associated with that concentration. The potential health risk will help guide next steps in the process. OEQ-CFVV_00081281 > Is this a reapplication after the 5-year timeframe, or simply a permit renewal and is there a difference? And what is the timeline for Chemours new permit? Does the NCDEQ's investigation have any impact on the timeline for permit renewal at this time? In other words, are you all waiting for the completed investigation before issuing a new permit to Chemours? > Yes, this permit ioupfor renewal aapart nfthe five-year permit cycle. Chemoum'wastewater permit renewal iscurrently on hold pending results ofthe state'a investigation. • Bridget Munger • Public Information Officer •N.C.Department ofEnvironmental Quality Division nfEnergy, Mineral • and Land Resources Division ofWater Resources *A1Q-8D7'G3G3 office *A1Q-2D7-778G mobile *bhdget.munger@nndoncgnv<maikobhdQot.munQor@nodencgov> *1G1JMail Service Center * Raleigh, NC 27699-1612 � • Email correspondence toand from this address issubject tothe North xCarolina Public Records Law and may bodisclosed tothird parties. x x From: Christina He|ey[maiKo:oho|oy@wi|mingtonbiz.00m] xSent: Thursday, June 22.2O177:42AK8 xTo: Kritzer, Jamie x/1nmie.krbzor@nodonr.gov<maiKojamio.krbzor@ncdonr.gnv>> xSubject: Questions and fact check ' Greater Wilmington Business xJourne| xHiJamie, x >| wanted tocheck tosee ifyou all received n)yquestions yesterday. Myabsolute deadline for nnystory onGenXis today. � > Also, I am inputing some of the permitting information released during the press conference last Thursday and wanted to send you the what I have written about it to double check it for factual information. As I understand your staff may not have had documentation in front of them at the time, I wanted to give you all the chance to correct anything that needs to be corrected. | have posted the information below. � > With that, | would like to ask a few additional questions as it relates to Chamuurs Company's permitting prnoaao. � > Is this a reapplication after the 5-year timeframe, or simply a permit renewal and is there a difference? And what is the timeline for Chemours new permit? Does the NCDEQ's investigation have any impact on the timeline for permit renewal at this time? In other words, are you all waiting for the completed investigation before issuing a new permit to Chemours? • From last week; this section has been corrected toeliminate errors: • Chemours, like all manufacturing companies that discharge wastewater as part of their industrial operations, are required to obtain NPDES wastewater discharge permits from NCDEQ. In accordance with the federal Clean Water Act, wastewater discharge permit terms may not exceed five years. > Currently, NCDEQ is evaluating Chomours existing permit, which expired in Octobor2D1G. The facility is required to continue operating under the terms of its existing permit until NCDEQ issues a new permit. The state has said issuance of the new permit isonhold until their investigation into GonXiscomplete. •Aonording to NCDEQ Assistant Secretary 8h*i|e Hn|men, every five years • companies are required to submit a renewal application to NCDEQ, which reports any changes in the facility's wastewater discharge volume and characteristics. The agency's rules set a permit shield of six months while the NCDEQ conducts this review process. During that time a company is allowed to operate under the existing permit. (See info above.) In NCDEQ's current evaluation of Chemours' application, and with the new information on GenX, the agency is looking into any additional changes that need to be made with company's existing permit before reissuing its new permit, Holman said. OEQ-CFVV_00081282 >Ahope you all can atleast provide a timely response to the questions and factual check on the circumstances of Chemours current stance as it relates to the NCDEQ's permitting process. > Thank you again for your time. •RaAanjo. •Christina Haley O'Neal � >_- •Christina Haley O'Neal • Greater Wilmington Business Journal ' Reporter •Offioe: 910-375'7290<te|:(910)Y&20375'7290> •Co||: 704'651'5828<t*|:(704)9620651'5828> • <imag*004.pnQ> • <imag*005.pnQ> • <Gun eta|.pdt^ OEQ-CFVV_00081283