A proposed federal consent decree between Chemours and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency likely fails to provide further protections to communities downstream of the chemical company’s Fayetteville Works plant, N.C. Attorney General Jeff Jackson said in an interview with Wednesday.
“This is an insult to the people of eastern North Carolina. It does practically nothing for the state. It sends a message that the EPA doesn’t really care about groundwater contamination,” Jackson, a Democrat, told the N.C. Newsroom.
“As Attorney General, we’re going to do everything we can to actually make sure that Chemours is held responsible for the remarkable and extensive groundwater contamination that they allowed to occur in our state.”…