EPA failed to monitor GenX chemical for eight years

By Paul Woolverton | The Fayetteville Observer | May 28, 2020

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"The EPA’s regional office wasn’t told it was supposed to inspect the Chemours Fayetteville Works plant until the StarNews in Wilmington reported there was GenX in the Cape Fear River.

In 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached an agreement to allow DuPont to manufacture its GenX chemical at its plant in Bladen County near Fayetteville as long as it captured and destroyed or recycled 99% of the GenX the plant would otherwise emit into the air and water.

But from 2009 to the end of June 2017, the EPA made no inspections to make sure the plant, now operated by Chemours Co., was in compliance with the agreement, says a report issued Thursday by the EPA’s Office of Inspector General.

Until June 2017, the EPA relied on information provided to it by Chemours to verify that the plant was in compliance with the agreement, the report says."

Location:

• North AmericaUSNorth Carolina

Topics:

• ChemicalsPFAS
• ChemicalsGenX
• SourcesManufacturing facilities
• SourcesDuPont/Chemours
• Environment
• Wildlife
• Remediation
• ImpactDrinking water
• AgenciesEPA
• Monitoring Data
• PFAS Uses