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Chemours Deal Sparks State Outcry | Raleigh News
Chemours just agreed to pay up to $450 million to settle PFAS pollution from decades of operations—but critics say it’s a sweetheart deal. North Carolina officials are furious, calling it a “backroom deal” that left them out and shortchanged their state, which has already spent heavily cleaning up contamination from the Fayetteville Works plant. While the EPA touts the $450 million figure, the real money is minimal: a $22.5 million civil penalty and up to $90 million over 15 years for cleanup in three states—with no guaranteed minimum for North Carolina. The bulk of the deal involves stricter…
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