Chemours to Pay $112 Million to Stop Poisoning Water
Published Date: 6/29/2026
Notice
Summary
The Chemours Company must clean up pollution from three of its factories, especially in West Virginia and New Jersey, where harmful chemicals called PFAS were released. They’ll install new pollution controls, test local drinking water, and spend $90 million on projects to reduce these chemicals. Plus, Chemours will pay a $22.5 million fine. People have 30 days to share their thoughts on this plan before it’s final.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Drinking water testing and supply
If you live near the Parkersburg, West Virginia or Deepwater, New Jersey Chemours plants, you will have your drinking water sampled and, if needed, be provided clean drinking water under the proposed consent decree announced in June 2026. The testing and provision of clean water are explicitly required for communities surrounding those two facilities.
Parkersburg plant must add pollution controls
If you live near the Parkersburg, West Virginia Chemours facility, the company must install pollution control equipment at that plant under the proposed consent decree lodged June 24, 2026 and noticed June 29, 2026. This requirement is intended to reduce releases of PFAS from the Parkersburg facility.
$90M committed to PFAS mitigation
Chemours will spend $90,000,000 on mitigation projects to reduce PFAS at its facilities as part of the proposed consent decree announced in June 2026. The projects will be selected in the future and are intended to reduce PFAS at Chemours facilities, including those in West Virginia, North Carolina, and New Jersey.
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