EPA Issues Violations to Chemical Company in N.C., W.Va.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says a chemical company may have broken federal law by failing to notify the agency before it started manufacturing and repurposing new industrial compounds.

The EPA said in a violation notice letter February 13th that The Chemours Co. also failed to provide information showing when the company learned the chemical GenX contaminated water wells and properties around its factories near Fayetteville, North Carolina and Parkersburg, West Virginia. The agency says the violations were found after the two plants were inspected in 2017.

Chemours spokeswoman Lisa Randall says the company has since made changes to address some of the issues. She wouldn’t say why Chemours didn’t provide EPA with the required notices.

The EPA says its Chemours investigation may find other violations. Fines could follow.