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From: Kritzer, Jamie [/D=[XCHANG[LAB5/OU=EXCHANGEADMINISTRATIVE GROUP
(FYD|BOHF2]SPDLT)/CN=REOP|ENTS/CN=C[E9]C49D01445A]B541B8327DCDCD4O-JBKR|TZ[R]
Sent: 9/5/20I77:4657PM
To: Jacobs, Rusty [[e-mail]]
Subject: FW: State orders Chemours to stop chemical releases, begins legal action and steps to suspend permit
Jamie Kritzer
Co-it,immiic.?tio-is DirectA
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
4119-707-8602
From: Jamie Kritzer [naikojamie.kritzer0Dncdenc8ov
Sent: Tuesday, September OS,ZOl72:4ZPM
To: Kritzer, Jamie [e-mail]>
Subject: State orders Chemours to stop chemical releases, begins legal action and steps to suspend permit
Roy Cooper, Governor
Release: IMMEDIATE
Date: Sept.5,2017
Environmental
Contact: Jamie Kritzer
Pbouc:9l9-707'Q0O2
Michael S. Regan, Secretary
State ordcrnChcmnourmtostop ohcmmicu releases, bcobmnteQu action and mbcpnnomumpundpermmb
DEQ,[OJxtart civil court action against Cheinours,D0notifies company woteivaterperiv/tm6o suspended
Rk0EIGH—State officials ordered Cbemmumon Tuesday to stop releasing all fluorinated compounds into the Cape Fear
River and began legal action against the company and the process io suspend itspermit for discharging wastewater into the
On Tuesday, the state of North Carolina initiated a lawsuit against Chemours in Bladen County Superior Court by filing a

summons with the court. Acting onbehalf ofthe N.C.Department uIEnvironmental Quality, attorneys with N.[.Department
of Justice will seek a court order against Chemours, the state said in a letter with the summons.
|o a separate letter also sent Tuesday, D20notified Chonuu/mthat the state has begun the process bo suspend the company's
wastewater permit for failure toadequately disclose the release ofGonX into the river. The permit governs Chommur'discharge
o[wastewater from its Fayetteville facility and without it, the company cannot release any wastewater into the Cape Fear River.
Under the law, D20must give the company o6O-duynotice before suspending the permit.
"Protecting people's drinking water iuour iop and xo�oput Cboo/our mouoi�oUb�douum uk/pdi Ubouo
chemicals into Ri
ver said Michael Regan, secretary o{the N.[.Department ofEnvironmental
0uaUh/ =Chonxn/mmust stop releasing all fluorinated compounds and fully disclose all chemicals ioits waste stream, and
we're taking action to make sure that happens."
|nJune, D80and the N.C.DoparUncn(o{HouNbmuiHuman 3crv�cabegan investigating the presence ofGcn},uchemical
nxadoo(Chom/nmo`FWorks facility, inthe Cape Fear River. Aopart ofits investigation, theok8000n6nuoo(niosi
water at multiple locations in the Lower Cape Fear and in groundwater on the facility`mproperty in Bladen County for the
presence of GcnX and other fluorinated compounds.
TboukVo`s investigation and pressure from citizens and local officials prompted Cbonunuruiostop discharging [en}Cinto the
Cape Fear ioJune. Since the (}onX discharge stopped, concentrations o[{}onXhave dropped below the health goal o[|40parts
per trillion. Last week, DE0 also demanded that Chemours stop the rcbaao of additional chemical compounds including the
NuGonbvproducts, one duyo�orthe iJ.3. Protection Agency ��Dnn�mdthe sk8othat those compounds had also
boond�udodinfhoDmi|`ovvootootremn.LiU|oinfonnudonioknoxnohou(dhopo(on(olhum/onhooNbo[feo(so[GenXond
|ous imknown about the Nu6ou6nproducin.
Tuesday's civil court summons and letter from the North Carolina Attorney General's Office reiterate DB0`udemands that
Cbonunurustop its discharge of all fluorinated compounds and disclose all compounds in its waste stream. In the letter, ukVo
attorneys wrote: "DEQ has reasonable cause to believe that Chemours has violated or is threateninR (oviolate provisions" of
state |un and "hjhoroDoo:,hoo directed the Attorney General's Office to institute uoivi| action for Junoth'orelief torestrain the
violation or threatened violation of the law."
Injunctive relief could include onorder issued 6voijudge requiring the company tocease the discharge for the time being nr
take other steps to protect public health and safety.
Tuesday's letter from DG0puts Chemours onnotice that the agency intends to suspend the company's National Pollutant
Ckoohorue Elimination System, or NPDES, permit, which allows the company to discharge wastewater into the Cape Fear
lnits letter tothe company, D20writes, "There iosufficient cause to suspend the permitunder theprovisions cited inthis lettor.
Wehave found noevidence 'in thepermit fileindicating that ChnnumruorDuPont ` predecessor) disclosed the
discharge bosurface water uI[}cn}{ compounds at theFayetteville Works. In dboNPD2Spermit rono*u| applications
submitted WDVv1D of Water Resources) contain noreference W^GcnX`mWany chemical name, formula, mCAS
number that would idcntif�, any Gon)<compounds inthe d6odbor8e."
DuPont ran theFayetteville Works facility that produces GonXuntil 2O|5when Chonunoswas created oso 'olTconpooy.
The letter also calls onthe company iomeet including stopping the discharge o[any chemicals related
(nGcuiK, including (hoNo6on byproducts,6ySept. 8and stopping the discharge o[any other perfluorinatednr polyfluormated
compounds by Oct. 20. In addition, the letter demands that Chemours provide complete information about all chemicals
included in the Fayetteville facility's waste stream, according to a schedule previously set by DEQ.
Additional legal steps are expected soon.
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