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Holman, Sheila
From: Grzyb, Julie
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 4:30 PM
To: Culpepper, Linda; Holman, Sheila
Cc: Poupart, Jeff; Manning, Jeff, Fransen, Tom; Brower, Connie
Subject: FW: WV0002399
Attachments: DuPont Washington Works 2003 permit.pdf, DuPont Washington Works 2003 fact
sheet.pdf
Attached is the NPDES Stormwater and Wastewater Permit for the Chemours Washington Works permit in West Va.
have a call in to find out if a more recent permit has been issued.
A few things to note in this permit -
There are no limits for GenX or HFPO dimer acid
The one Stormwater and several Process wastewater Outfalls 001, 002, 005, 105 have monitoring for PFOA - in the
permit it is listed as follows:
Ammonium Perfluorooctanoate — report and monitor only (ie. no limits)
The long list of chemical limitations you see under process wastewater outfalls 002 and 005 are required as part of the
Federal Effluent Guidelines for Organic Chemicals, Plastics, and Synthetic Fibers (OCPSF) Point Source Category (40 CFR
Part 414) — they are listed in Chemours NC permit as well.
There are a few special conditions that might be useful to put in NC's renewal of the Chemours permit (Section C No. 16
—18) — I need to look into it.
Molly Davis from EPA Region IV is still following up to see if there is a NPDES permit for the NJ facility.
Julie
Julie A Grzyb
Supervisor
NPDES Complex Permitting
NC DEQ / Division of Water Resources / Water Quality Permitting
919 807 6390 office
919 707 9000 main office
iulie.arzyb(a)ncdenr.gov
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From: Davis, Molly [ma i[to:Davis. [e-mail]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 27,-2017 2:47 PM
To: Grzyb, Julie <[e-mail]>
Subject: FW: WV0002399
Julie,
Here is the administratively continued permit for the Chemours Washington Works permit. Hopefully, Matt at WV will
have a more current permit. Molly
From: Trulear, Brian
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 2:41 PM
To: Davis, Molly <Davis.Mo![e-mail]>; rogers, rick <[e-mail]>
Cc: Moncavage, Carissa <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: WV0002399
Rick,
You're right! I wasn't thinking. The Washington Works permit (WV0001279) was last issued back in 2003, according to
our records, and keeps getting administratively extended. Similar to the Bell Plant permit, Washington Works has been
on the priority permit candidate list as well without being selected. The 2003 permit can be found in the G:\NPDES Final
Permits - Electronic\WV\E l DuPont - Washington Works (WV0001279)\2003 issued permit folder.
Molly,
Yes Matt would be the contact for Washington Works also, and yes please keep us in the loop. I am also attaching the
2003 permit (it's a pretty large file) and its fact sheet, FYI.
Brian
From: Davis, Molly
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 12:53 PM
To: rogers, rick <[e-mail]>; Trulear, Brian <[e-mail]>
Cc: Moncavage, Carissa <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: WV0002399
Rick and Brian,
You probably know better than I which Chemour plant produces the GenX compound. I found the Belle plant on the
internet and after reading about it I was thinking this was it. Sorry for my confusion but I probably need the Washington
Works facility permit. I'll ask Julie Grzyb in NC to ask Matt at WV about the Washington Works facility. Molly
From: rogers, rick
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 12:46 PM
To: Trulear, Brian <[e-mail]>; Davis, Molly <[e-mail]>
Cc: Moncavage, Carissa <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: WV0002399
Brian,
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Thanks for looking into this. I just heard/saw the VM message from Molly and an email from my R4 counterpart about
this and was going to turn to you for help. Would it be possible to obtain the permit that is currently in place?
Molly, are you sure it's the Belle Plant you are interested in? The Chemours plant in WV that had been manufacturing
PFOA (and releasing it) was their Washington Works plant in Washington, WV located on the Ohio River. Their Belle
Plant manufactured chemicals for the agriculture industry and is located on the Kanawha River.
Brian, would there be a separate permit for the Washington Works plant?
Rick
Rick Rogers, Acting Deputy Director
Water Protection Division (3WP00)
U.S. EPA Region III
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
[e-mail]
Office: 215.814.5711
Cell: 215.341.4762
From: Trulear, Brian
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 12:35 PM
To: Davis, Molly <[e-mail]>
Cc: Moncavage, Carissa <[e-mail]>; rogers, rick <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: WV0002399
Hi Molly,
Looks like WV0077054 is a permit issued for leachate from the facility's waste disposal/landfill site. We don't have any
info for that permit. WV0002399 is the facility's main NPDES permit. My records show that it expired on 6/30/2013 and
has been administratively extended ever since. The last draft permit we saw was back in 2015, in which we provided a
number of comments to the State. We have not heard anything on the reissuance of this permit since then. This permit
has been on the priority permit candidate list the last couple of years, but has not been selected by the State.
It probably makes more sense for your NC contact to get in touch with our WVDEP contact to get an understanding of
what WV is developing for this reissuance. Our contact at WVDEP is Matt Sweeney ([e-mail]) at
304-926-0499 x1019. Hope this helps. If not, let me know and we'll try to track down more specifics for you.
Thanks,
Brian
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Chief, NPDES Permits Branch (3WP41)
USEPA Region 3
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From: Davis, Molly
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 11:48 AM
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To: Trulear, Brian <[e-mail]>
Subject: WV0002399
Brian,
I am trying to help NC find an NPDES permit for the Chemours Belle Plant in WV. I believe the permit # is WV0002399
but I also saw in the DMR loading tool reference to another NPDES permit given to the facility under the ID
WV0077054. NC is redrafting a new permit for the Chemours facility in Fayetteville, NC and they want to know how
other states are permitting GenX or other HFPO dimer acids. Becky Allenbach, our acting deputy director, suggested
that I call Rick Rogers and I left a voicemail message for him. Thanks in advance for the help! Molly
Molly Davis
Chief, NPDES Permitting Section
61 Forsyth St SW 15T37
Atlanta, GA 30303
404.562.9236 (office)
404.562.9772 (fax)
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