NC fines Chemours $200,000, says company isn’t keeping ‘forever chemicals’ out of river
Source: https://www.jdnews.com/, March 31, 2021
By: Gareth McGrath
North Carolina regulators fined The Chemours Co. nearly $200,000 on Wednesday for violations related to the company’s failure to properly construct and install water treatment measures at its Fayetteville Works plant on the Cape Fear River.
Chemours was required to install the treatment systems as part of its 2019 consent order agreement with the state to prevent water contaminated with manmade “forever chemicals,” known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), from reaching the Cape Fear River. Read more.