DEQ-CFW_00082015

From: jamie.l<[e-mail] [[e-mail]]
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Subject: Fwd: Questions/records request from the StarNews
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From: Vaughn Hagerty <vaughn. hagertyg. gm ail. com>
Date: August 11, 2017 at 2:20:47 PM EDT
To: "Kritzer, Jamie" <jamJe.krJtzerL�)ncdenr.gov>
Cc: Gareth <Gareth.McGrath a(starnewsonline.com>, "pam, ilstamewsonline.com"
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Subject: Re: Questions/records request from the StarNews
Sure, we can discuss. When would you like to do that?
On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Kritzer, Jamie <jamie.kritzerg.ncdenr.gov> wrote:
Vaughn,
Let's discuss your request this afternoon. I think we will need additional time as we have been
fielding many media requests and other requests for information related to this and other
information in the past few weeks.
Jamie
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On Aug 11, 2017, at 1:52 PM, "Vaughn Hagerty" <vAugM.-h --t-,a ail. com> wrote:
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Hi, Jamie. As I mentioned to Bridget a few weeks ago, I'm writing a story about
the history of C8 manufacture at the Fayetteville Works. That story is slated to
publish by mid -day Monday. I have a few questions below, as well as requests for
any supporting records. Please consider the request for documents to be made
under North Carolina Public Records law.
1) Does DEQ or the state have any records showing how DuPont disposed of
wastewater from its APFO manufacturing process from the fall of 2002, when
production began at the Fayetteville Works, until the end of January 2004, when
Mike Johnson emailed the state to say that DuPont planned to capture that
wastewater and send it off -site for disposal? If so, please provide a copy of those
records
2) Does DEQ have any authorization from state regulators to DuPont or notice
from DuPont to the state that it planned to begin production of APFO prior to the
issuance of its NPDES permit in 2004? If so, please provide a copy of those
records.
3) From 2001 until the initial (uncorrected/January 2004) NPDES permit was
issued for the Fayetteville Works, a number of events occurred:
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a) The class-action lawsuit Lynch v. DuPont was filed in West Virginia
state court alleging that C8 from DuPont's Washington Works plant had
contaminated drinking water in public systems and private wells.
b) The EPA began a priority review of PFOA (C8) in 2002.
c) DuPont reported to DENR that it had discovered C8 in groundwater at
the plant in 2003.
Records I have for both the initial NPDES permit issued in January 2004 and
February 2004 do not indicate that any of these factors were taken into
consideration when issuing the permit. I especially am curious about this
pertaining to the January permit, which authorizes DuPont to discharge
wastewater from the APFO manufacture. Does DEQ have any records indicating
that any of these were considered when approving and/or writing these permits? If
so, please provide a copy of those records?
4) When did DuPont or the state first sample Cape Fear River water for the
presence of C8? What precipitated this sampling? What were the results? When
and why was regular sampling of river water for C8 first instituted? Please
provide copies of any documents related to this.
Regards,
Vaughn Hagerty
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