Chemours, EPA ‘behind our backs’ deal heavily criticized in North Carolina

(The Center Square) – Two elected executive officers for North Carolina, and a member of the Stein administration, oppose the proposed settlement negotiated they say “behind our backs” by the EPA and Chemours.

First-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein, first-term Democratic Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Secretary Reid Wilson of the Division of Environmental Quality made their case to the U.S. assistant attorney general’s office.

Penalties for Wilmington, Del.-headquartered Chemours in the $450 million settlement are $22.5 million in civil penalties and implementation of injunctive relief programs.

Additionally, Chemours will conduct a multi-year, $90 million program to mitigate PFAS discharges; install PFAS pollution controls for surface water discharges and air emissions at its facility in West Virginia, at an estimated cost of $60 million; supply clean drinking water for more than a decade to communities that surround its facilities in West Virginia and New Jers...