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From: DevaneSteve [sdevane@fuyobaemerzom]
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Subject: Re: State issues notice of violation against Chemours based on new groundwater tests
Hi Jamie,
lhear that the Chemours lawyers have sent aletter to the DEQ attorney. Can you send meocopy of that?
Thanks
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Staff Writer
The Fayetteville Observer
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On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 4:50PyWL Kritzer, Jamie j i wrote:
I'll put it in cue so they can start working on it.
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From: Devane, Steve [mailto:[e-mail]]
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Subject: Re: State issues notice of violation against Chemours based on new groundwater tests
Hi Jamie,
Please consider this a formal request for copies of those studies. If the state's legal staff determines that they are
privileged, please ask them to cite the state law which says they shouldn't be released.
Thanks.
Steve
Steve DeVane
Staff Writer
The Fayetteville Observer
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On Wed, Sep 131, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Kritzer, Jamie <janiie.kritzer0a.ncdenr.gov> wrote:
Steve,
The company has marked the health studies as privileged. The state agency's legal staff will need to make a
determination about the degree to which information the company has provided us is privileged.
Jamie Kritzer
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Communications Director
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
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From: Devane, Steve [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 4:14 PM
To: Kritzer, Jamie <jamie.kritzer@)ncdenr.gov>
Subject: Re: State issues notice of violation against Chernours based on new groundwater tests
Hi Jamie,
The Sept. 5 letter from DEQ to Chernours says the company had only this year provided the department with
health studies that DuPont and Chernours had conducted previously on GenX. Can you get me a copy of those
studies? If not, can you provide me with a summary of them and their findings?
Thanks.
Steve
Steve DeVane
Staff Writer
The Fayetteville Observer
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On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 9:50 AM Kritzer, Jamie j i wrote:
Our ongoing investigation and the protection of peoples' drinking water is our highest priority. As such, we are moving
quickly to start sampling peoples' wells because it is always a concern when we identify contamination in groundwater
near private drinking wells.
The results we receive will inform our next steps and we will keep the public informed at every step along the way.
Jamie Kritzer
Communications Director
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
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Subject: Re: State issues notice of violation against Chemours based on new groundwater tests
Hi Jamie,
Thanks for the quick reply. Two other quick questions. How does the presence of C8 (PFOA) bring additional
urgency to the investigation? Should it bring greater concern to nearby residents?
I appreciate it
Steve
Steve DeVane
Staff Writer
The Fayetteville Observer
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On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Kritzer, Jamie <jamie.kritzerLo)ncdenr.gov> wrote:
Steve,
See my answers below.
Jamie Kritzer
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
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From: Devane, Steve [mailto:sdevane fa observer.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 8:09 AM
To: Kritzer, Jamie <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: State issues notice of violation against Chemours based on new groundwater tests
Hi Jamie,
I was taking a look at the map showing the preliminary test results from the groundwater at Chemours. It looks like the
GenX level is hundreds of times the state drinking water goal and the PFOA (C8) level in a couple of places is 50
times the federal health advisory level.
Are those levels that should concern residents nearby?
People in this community deserve to know about the safety of their well water and we're working to get them answers.
As is our routine when we find. violations ofgroundwater rules on a regulated entity's property use are conducting
private well testing for people living near the facility to determine if any contamination has moved beyond the
Chemours facility into wells used for drinking. We will conduct the private well testing and Cake any appropriate steps
to protect peoples' drinking water, based on what the results show.
Also, has DEQ gotten any more results from tests at the Chemours plant?
We have not received new results from the Chemours plant.
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Has DEQ started taking water samples from nearby residences?
State officials plan to start collecting �vatcr samples ('N- testing from residential �vclls adjacent to the facility on Friday
as part of an ongoing investigation into the chemical GenX, which is produced by Chemours.
Finally, I noticed a subpoena on the website from a federal grand jury asking DEQ for Chemours documents. What is
that about?
In late July, the U.S. Attorney's Office issued DEQ with a subpoena that requests for the agency's documents,
including permits, environmental compliance information, reports, emailse research, and notes related to the Chemours
Company's Fayetteville Works facility. GenX and the other fluorinated chemicals. We are providing those documents
in a. rollinf, schedule to the U.S, Attorney's Office, We issued anc�vs release about the subpoena. and posted the
subpoena itself. You can find the news release with the subpoena linked at:
d.ocu.ments-federal-iiivest.igation-related-cheinou.rs.
Thanks.
Steve
Steve DeVane
Staff Writer
The Fayetteville Observer
910.486.3572 - office
910.978.8452 - mobile
On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 4:32 PM, Jamie Kritzer <[e-mail]> wrote:
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Michael S. Regan,
Secretary
Environmental�EnvEnvironmental
Contact: Jamie Kritzer
,,elease: IMMEDIATE Date: September 6, 2017 Phone:
RALEIGH —State off icia Is initiated add itiona I enforcement actions against Chemours Wednesday after preliminary state test
i. |tz detected GenX in violation of state groundwater standards in non -drinking water wells at the company's Fayetteville
Works facility.
Preliminary test results publicized today by the state Department of Environmental Quality show concentrations ofGenXin
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environmental monitoring at the facility and are not a source of drinking water.
Based onthe preliminary results, D8lannounced its plans Uocite [hemourswith a notice of violation. Tudm/sannouncement
uomesaday after the state initiated other legal action against the company.
DEQ and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday also alerted health officials in Bladen and
Cumberland counties to the preliminary test results. The state will perform initial testing for people who live near Chemours
:rhe two state agencies are also making plans to host an information session from 6-7:30 p.m. Sept. 14*t St. Paul's Middle
.Khoo|tuanswer peoples' questions about the groundwater test results from the Fayetteville Works facility.
Ve are taking all necessary steps to address clear violations of state rules and will launch a private well testing regimen for
homeowners living near the facility, to determine if the contamination has moved beyond the Chemours facility into well
,,/Vater used for drinking," said Michael Regan, secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality. "As is our routine
,,/Vhen we find violations of groundwater rules on a company's property, we are reaching out to residents who use wells as
their source of drinking water."
As part of the ongoing state investigation, DEQ collected groundwater samples from 14 groundwater monitoring wells on the
Chemours property in early August. Concentrations of GenX that exceeded acceptable limits were detected in 13 of 14
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i.ndustrial wells at the plant. Preliminary test results have identified other detections of flourinated compounds.
The water samples collected by DEQ in early August at the company's industrial wells were sent tothree laboratories. The
preliminary |ts come from only one ofthe labs — Gel Laboratories inCharleston, SI. 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
�ab in Research Triangle Park.
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