NC DEQ Directs Chemours to Significantly Expand Well Testing; Public Virtual Meeting April 1 at 6PM

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality will be holding a virtual public meeting on April 1 at 6PM (EST) to share information about expanding well testing in their area. There are also new online tools for requesting well sampling from Chemours.

RALEIGH, NC – (March 11, 2025) At NC DEQ’s direction, Chemours is significantly expanding sampling eligibility for PFAS contamination in private drinking water wells around the Fayetteville Works plant, now including portions of Harnett and Hoke counties. This expansion comes after Chemours and NC DEQ staff completed an extensive review of existing residential well data around the facility and forecasted the expected areas of contamination beyond the known areas. 

Approximately 150,000 additional residences have now become eligible for private well testing in the expanded area, which includes significant portions of Cumberland, Bladen, Robeson, Sampson, Hoke, and Harnett counties. This will speed up the sampling process for sites that receive primary drinking water from private wells and provide access to clean water to impacted homeowners surrounding the facility. Updates on the Lower Cape Fear region will be announced in the future.

Residents interested in having their wells sampled should call Chemours at (910) 678-1101 or copy and paste this link in your browser to complete Chemours’ online form: https://edataroom.uspioneer.com/ChemoursNC.

If prompted to leave a message, residents should leave their full contact information and address to ensure their call is recorded.  The return call may come from Parsons Environment and Infrastructure, the authorized third-party contractor conducting the well sampling for Chemours. The private well must be the primary source of drinking water for the residence to qualify for testing. 

Residents who have previously requested sampling and are newly eligible will be contacted soon by Parsons to arrange sampling. 

Additional information about well sampling for residents in the six-county area is available online. 

NC DEQ’s Division of Waste Management will hold a virtual public meeting to provide more information about expanded well testing and answer questions on April 1, 2025, at 6:00pm. 

To listen to the meeting online:    
Link: https://bit.ly/3YSigjS 
Webinar Number 2434 811 3627  
Webinar Password: Chemours2025 (24366877 when dialing from a phone) 

To join by phone: 
+1-415-655-0003 US Toll 
+1-904-900-2303 United States Toll (Jacksonville) 

For More Information
Contact: Katherine Lucas
Phone: 919-707-8412

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

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