"Legal deal would require company to test fluoroethers for health and environmental effects"

"To settle allegations that it tainted drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people in southeast North Carolina with toxic fluoroethers, Chemours has agreed to pay the state $12 million.

The agreement stems from state enforcement actions against Chemours. Under a proposed consent order released Nov. 21, Chemours would pay an additional $1 million to cover the state’s costs for investigating the pollution. Chemours would have to install thermal oxidizing equipment to dramatically reduce air emissions of chemicals related to its GenX fluorosurfactant at its plant outside of Fayetteville.

In addition, the company would have to provide permanent replacement drinking water to homes and businesses with contaminated wells, continue to capture all of the facility’s process water for off-site disposal, and reduce the non-polymeric per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in groundwater near the plant that seep into the Cape Fear River. A North Carolina court must approve the order before it takes affect."

Cheryl Hogue reports for Chemical & Engineering News November 27, 2018. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"Report: River’s Industrial Chemicals Come From Plant, Others" (AP) [3]

"CFPUA Asking More Questions About Chemours Consent Order" (Wilmington Star News) [4]