Chemours’ PFAS Waste Imports Scrutinized Despite EPA’s Approval

Community and environmental groups are exploring legal responses after the EPA approved shipments of up to 4.4 million of pounds of PFAS wastes to a Chemours plant in North Carolina that has been the source of previous pollution.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s approval (Notice ID: 035594/07I/23, Notice ID: 035605/07I/23) of up to 100 shipments of wastes containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the Chemours Netherlands B.V. facility in Dordrecht to the Chemours Fayetteville Works plant was first reported by NC Newsline earlier this month.

The shipments, previously a routine way Chemours recycled chemicals, are alarming local ...