NC environmental chief: Chemical maker must change its ways
Posted November 23, 2018 12:31 pm.
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RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s top environmental official hopes one of the country’s largest chemical companies will change how it operates now that it has been hit with the largest penalty a polluter has had to pay the state.
North Carolina environmental secretary Michael Regan said Friday that The Chemours Co. is agreeing to pay the state a $12 million penalty and sharply reduce air emissions of the nonstick compound known as GenX.
The deal announced late Wednesday requires Chemours to stop decades of emissions into the air and water of compounds the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this month said appear dangerous even in small amounts.
Chemours denies it violated any law or regulation. The company said the settlement simply allowed it to avoid expensive and risky litigation while addressing public concerns.
Emery P. Dalesio, The Associated Press
