Today we’re announcing the largest environmental damage payment in North Carolina history.
Chemours and DuPont are responsible for massive PFAS contamination of our water, especially in eastern NC.
This settlement is worth nearly $600m, with most funds going directly to local communities.
It was crucial that we got real money for our state, because the EPA completely failed. It gave these companies a slap on the wrist without even consulting us.
We just got North Carolina at least 20x what the EPA got for us.
This new money is in addition to the $1.2b Chemours has been required to spend by the previous court order to clean up their mess, but now that cleanup effort must also be financially guaranteed by DuPont - a key win to ensure the cleanup work continues.
My thanks to
@NCDEQ for their partnership and dedication to clean water for our state.
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