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Subject: DEDgathering documents for federal investigation related toChemours
Release: IMMEDIATE Contact: Bridget Munger
Date: Aug. 3,2Ol7 Phone:919-3O7-6363
RALE|GH—Staff in the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality are gathering documents for the federal government's
investigation related to Chemouns, the company that manufactures the unregulated compound GenXat its Fayetteville
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued a subpoena to the N.C. Department of
Environmental Quality on July 28. The subpoena requests that by Aug. 22 DEQ provide to a grand jury in Wilmington
records and documents, including permits, environmental compliance information, reports, emails, research and notes,
related tothe [hemoun Company's Fayetteville Works facility, GenX and other fluorinated chemicals.
"DEQ is gathering all relevant records about Chemours as part of this on -going federal investigation and we are pleased
that federal authorities are taking this matter seriously," said Jamie Kritzer, DEQ spokesman. "We look forward to
working with the U.S. Attorney's Office as we continue our own investigation into Chemours and the issues surrounding
GenXand the other unregulated chemical compounds."
In June, Governor Roy Cooper directed DEQ and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services to launch an
investigation into Chemours' discharge of GenX. Then last week, Cooper directed the State Bureau of Investigation's
Diversion and Environmental Crimes Unit to assess whether a criminal investigation is warranted in this case. Governor
Cooper and his administration were successful in getting [hemours to stop the release ofGenX. Since then, the levels of
GenX in finished drinking water from the Cape Fear River continues to be below the state's public health goal and
has been trending downward. DEQ continues to sample and test the water frequently to monitor levels of GenX.
On Monday, Governor Cooper announced the expansion of a state science panel to help guide state officials on ways to
better protect public health and the environment from new or unregulated chemicals such as GenX.
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Jamie Kritzer
Communications Director
N�Department ofEnvironmental Quality
919-707-8602
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