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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDEQ-CFW_00083156The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality is requesting that Chemours stop releasing from their Fayetteville facility two unregulated chemical compounds identified in a new EPA report that looked at perflourinated compounds in the Cape Fear River other than GenX. • DEQ's number one priority is to protect the state's citizens and, until we know more about the health impacts from Naflon I and 2, we are asking the company to cease its discharge. State environmental officials today released DgenX results for weeks six and seven, as well as five other unregulated chemical compounds studied by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The other three chemical compounds are known as PFMOAA, PF02HxA and PF030A. These three have trended downward, like GenX. Naflon I and 2 have remain elevated. Nafion I and 2 were not part of the original Sung et al study referenced by Dr. Detlef Knappe and only came to light in EPA's August 21 report. They were not included in the wastewater permit because they are unregulated. • The federal environmental agency used a new methodology, known as mass spectrometry, and determined that five other chemical compounds showed peaks. While the EPA does not know the exact concentration because no standards exist for the compounds, they have confidence in the chemical identity. There is not enoiw-b-lie-alth-tw1w to-teten-nine w, hewlth ao.?l like there was for EPA expects there to be more chemicals identified as they continue their study. With this new methodology and technology, new compounds are being found that are unregulated. DEQ-CFW-00083156 There are, potentially, tens of thousands of unregulated chemicals in the environment and possibly in drinking water across the country. It takes EP decades, in some cases, to study the health effects of a compound and determine if the risk to the public is great enough to create a drinking wate standard. I The state's environmental department will continue to sample for GenX as their investigation continues. Are we sampling for the others9 OEQ-CFVV_00083157