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RALEXGH—Stoteoffiobdobndkatododddkonal enforcement actionsagainst Chen/our Wednesday after
preliminary state test results detected GenXand another perflouninated compound in violation of state
groundwater standards innon water wells u1the company'sFayetteville Works facility.
Preliminary test results publicized today hvthe state Department ofEnvironmental Quality show
concentrations ofGeoXand PF0/\iuwells onChomnuraFayetteville Works' property inviolation of
state groundwater standards. The wells tested are used forenvironmental monitoring at the facility and are
not a source of drinking water.
Based onthe preliminary results, DE0announced its plans &xcite Chemour with onotice ofviolation
and a notice of intent to enforce. Today's announcement comes a day after the state initiated o-ther legal
actioll
against the company.
DEQ and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday also alerted health officials
in8kadonand Cumberland counties tothe preliminary test results. Officials were also advised that
Chonuouo began contacting homeowners today totest private drinking water wells near the Cbernouzs
facility
The two state agenciesuro making plans Vohost umeeting next week intheFayetteville area toanswer
peoples' questions about the groundwater test results from the ChunoursFayetteville Work`opmperty
and plans for next steps. Details of the meeting will be announced soon.
"We are taking all necessary steps to address clear violations of state law and and will soon launch a
private well testing regimen for homeowners living near the facility who wish tohave their wells tested
for free, to determine if the contamination has moved beyond the Chemours facility into well water used
fordfinkim4." said Michael Regan, secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality. "As imour
routine when we find violations of groundwaterrules onucompany's property, we are reaching out to
nearby residents who use wnUo uotheir source of drinking vrotor.``
Preliminary Test Results from Chemwnrs^Wells
Aapart ofthe ongoinginvestigation, N.C. DUG0 on||octod groundwateroumplom from 14groundnoator
monitoringwells on the Chemours property in early August. Concentrations of GenX were detected in 13
of 14 industrial wells at the plant exceeding the 10 parts per trillion practical quantitation limit, which is a
state groundwater regulatory limit used for chemicals when no groundwater standard has been
established, such ao(}onX. Two wells on Chonooury` property also revealed levels above the otatu`e
interim groundwater standard for 9F[)Aof2,0O0parts per trillion. Preliminary test results have identified
other detections of flouhnatodoonupoondo.
The groundwater regulatory standards for GmXand the other Ouodnated compounds are different from
health goals for drinking water established hvthe N.[.Department ofHealth and Human Services and the
Environmental Protection Agency' Drinking Water Health Advisory level, which are used for public
health, not regulatory reasons.

The water samples collected by DEQ in early August at the company's industrial wells were sent to three
laboratories. The preliminary results come from only one of the labs — Gel Laboratories in Charleston,
S.C. State officials are still awaiting results of testing done on the same wells and sent to the
Environmental Protection Agency's lab in Research Triangle Park. Those results are expected soon.
Additionally, Chemours engaged Test America in Colorado to perform a similar analysis, but they have
yet to share their results with the State.
Private well sampling plans
Staff with DEQ and DHHS today will travel to homes surrounding the facility and seek permission to test
the private drinking wells of homeowners' who live nearest Chemours' industrial wells. DEQ staff
consulted GIS data and worked with local officials in Cumberland and Bladen counties to identify well
users living near the facility.
The state will answer questions from homeowners with private wells in the area near the Chemours
facility and provide those residents with publ ic health fact sheets and other information about the state's
investigation, the testing and the compounds at a community meeting next week.
DEQ and DHHS plan to sample private wells for GenX as well as other chemical compounds identified in
a 2016 report by the EPA and N.C. State University that identified the compounds in the Cape Fear River.
Other groundwater
Based on the state's investigation, DEQ and DHHS officials say there is no scientific evidence based on
water sampling the state has already conducted of any signs GenX in any private drinking wells at any of
the multiple sites on the Cape Fear River where the state has been conducting testing downstream from
the Chemours facility.
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