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From: Kritzer, Jamie [/D=[XCHANG[LAB5/OU=EXCHANGEADMINISTRATIVE GROUP
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To: VVoo|verton,Paul [pwoo|verton@fayobsem*r.com]
Subject: RE: State directs Chemours to provide residents with bottled water after GenX found in preliminary well
Steve DeVane wrote about this today. Thank you for forwarding Mr. Lambert. I will reach out to him.
Jamie Kritzer
Communications Director
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
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From: VVoolverton,Paul [maiho:pm/ookerton@fayobservercom]
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To: Kritzer, Jamie ^jamie.krhzer@ncdenr.8ov>
Subject: Re: State directs Chemours to provide residents with bottled water after GenX found in preliminary well
Hi
lsthis different ornew vs. the bottled water going to neighbors that we reported in our paper today?
Also, a nearby resident tothe plant iaconcerned ' he's not gotten notices, his water has not been tested. He's
worried and wants to know what he needs to do to get notices, etc.
Can you assist him? He is Bobby Lambert, 692|Glynn Mill Farm Drive, hon/e9l0-425-9626 ceU9|O-85O-
5886.
On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 1: 3 8 PM, Jamie Kritzer <j amie.kritzergncdenr. gov> wrote:
Roy Cooper, Governor
Environmental
Michael S. Regan, Secretary

Release: IMMEDIATE
Date: Sept. 21, 2017
Contact: Laura J. Leonard; Jamie Kritzer
Phone: [phone]
State directs Chemours to provide residents with bottled water after GenX found in preliminary well tests
RALEIGH — State officials have directed Chemours to provide bottled water to 11 homeowners near the company's
Fayetteville Works facility after the company's preliminary test results showed GcnX above state health goals in residential
drinking wells.
The state Department of Environmental Quality and Chemours started testing residential wells near the facility after GenX was
detected in 13 industrial, non -drinking water wells on the facility's property. Chemours is testing the private wells for GenX.
DEQ is testing private wells near the facility also, but in addition to testing for GenX, the state agency is also testing for two
other fluorinated compounds, PFOA and PFOS. The state agency is testing for the three fluorinated compounds because they all
have established health goals. The state expects its test results in the coming weeks.
To date, Chemours has received preliminary test results for 32 residential wells for people living near the facility. GenX was not
detected in 13 residential wells. GcnX concentrations were found below the state's provisional health goal of 140 parts per
trillion for eight other residential wells. The 11 homeowners with GcnX levels above the state"s provisional public health goal
were supplied with bottled water and health information about GcnX. Most of the 11 wells with elevated GenX levels are north
of the facility.
The company's test results have not been validated. Out of an abundance of caution, the state directed the company to supply
bottled water to residents after receiving word Friday of the first batch of preliminary test results, and then again on Tuesday
when Chemours notified the state of another batch of preliminary results.
"We want to make sure people with elevated concentrations of GenX in their wells have an immediate alternative water
source," said Michael Regan, secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality. "Making sure people have clean
drinking water is our top priority."
This week, DEQ has continued collecting water samples for residential wells nearest the facility. As of Wednesday, DEQ had
collected water samples for 31 residential wells in Bladen and Cumberland counties. The state will send samples to Gel
Laboratories in Charleston, S.C. for analysis and use the results of testing to determine if people need alternative sources of
water and if GenX or the two other fluorinated compounds produced at the facility have moved into the surrounding
community. If tests reveal levels of any of the fluorinated compounds above established health goals, the state will direct
Chemours to provide affected homes with alternative water and health information on the compounds.
It's important to understand that the state's provisional health goal for GcnX represents the concentration of GcnX at which no
adverse, non -cancer health effects would be anticipated in the most sensitive populations over an entire lifetime of exposure.
Health -related information on GcnX, PFOA and PFOS has been posted to DEQ's website at: hlWs://d.eg.ne.goiT/Dcws/hot-
t.opies/L),cnx-investigation/liealtli-related-resources-about-genx-proa-,ind-pf,ts. Residents with questions about the health effects
related to GenX, PFOA or PFOS can contact the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services at.9-1-9--7-0-7-5900.
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