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From: Kritzer, Jamie [/D=[XCHANG[LAB5/OU=EXCHANGEADMINISTRATIVE GROUP
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Sent: 9/1I/I0I78:I9:26PW1
To: Vince Winkel [vwinke|@whqcorg]
Subject: RE: MONDAY from Vince .... Re: State issues notice of violation against Chemours based on new groundwater tests
Vince
I tried calling earlier and left a voice mail. I'm guessing you're gone for the day, but if you need to speak with me on this
topic feel free to call.
Jamie Kritzer
Communications Director
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
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From: Vince Winke|[naiko:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, September 11,ZO17lO]lAM
To: Kritzer, Jamie ^jamie.krhzer@ncdenr.8ov>
Subject: MONDAY from Vince .... Re: State issues notice of violation against Chemours based on new groundwater tests
Hi Jamie,
would you have ufew minutes for o phoner on what Friday'aagreement means, and where we go from here?
Vince Winkel
WHQR Public Radio
Wilmington, NC
910'343-1640 ext. 2|8
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On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 4:32 PM, Jamie Kritzer <jamJe.krJtzerL�)ncdenr.gov> wrote:

Roy Cooper, Governor
Release:
Date: September 6, 2017
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Contact: Jamie Kritzer
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Michael S. Regan, Secretary
State issues notice ofviolation againstChon/onrmbumcdonnmvgronndwu1ortoxts
RKLEUG0|—State officials initiated additional enforcement actions against Chonxour Wednesday after preliminary state test
results detected {3on}{inviolation ofstate groundwater standards in water wells o(the company'sFayetteville
Works facility.
Preliminary test results publicized today 6vthe state Department o[Environmental Quality show concentrations n[Gcn}Cin
wells onChonxour " Fayetteville Works' property inviolation o[state groundwaterstandards. The wells tested are used for
ouvirouo/oniu monitoring u1the facility and are not osource o[ drinking pxVer.
Based onthe preliminary results, DE0announced its plans tocite Chonuuoswith onotice of violation. Tndov`sounounoomon(
comes a day after the state initiated other legal action against the company.
CEQ and the NZ.Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday also alerted health officials in Bladen and
Cumberland counties iothe preliminary test results. The state will perform initial testing for people who live near Chonx/ur
while requiring the company to produce a comprehensive testing and compliance plan.
The two stateagencies are also making plans iohost an information session from 6-7:3Op�no. Sept. 14 at St. PmJ`mn�kid�
School hommvnrpcupba`quoa6unuabout the 0ogn�uUa�un�the Works
"We are taking all necessary steps ioaddress clear violations o{state rules and will launch aprivate well testing for
homeowners living near the facility, bodetermine Jthe contamination has moved beyond the [hcnxour [uoJ6ty into well water
used fordrinking," said Michael Regan, secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality. "As is our routine when
xofind violations o[ groundwater rules on a company's property, we are reaching out to residents who use wells as their source
of drinking water."'
Preliminary Test Results from Chemu rs`Wdls
Aspart o[theongoing state investigation. DE0coOoo(ed groundwater samples from |4 monitoring wells on the
Chonuuosproperty inearly August. Concentrations ofGonXthat exceeded acceptable limits were detected in|3o[|4
industrial wells at the plant. Preliminary test results have identified other detections of flourinated compounds.
The water samples collected 6vDG0inearly August at the company's industrial wells were sent (othree laboratories. The
preliminary results come from only one of the labs — Gel Laboratories in Charleston, S.C. State officials have not received test
results from Chemours that were sent to Test America's Colorado lab for analysis, and are awaiting final results from the EPA
lab ioResearch Triangle Park.

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