U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin ordered the Washington Works facility to stop unlawful, unpermitted discharges and meet permit limits until the full case is heard. The West Virginia Rivers Coalition sought immediate compliance after more than five years of permit violations. Since 2019, the facility has discharged higher-than-allowed pollution levels, including PFAS, into the Ohio River, which supplies drinking water for over five million people. Chemours has acknowledged violating permit limits and says it is working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA issued a 2023 order to address violations but has not given final approval to Chemours' remediation plan.
Today, that unlawful, unpermitted discharge stops. The West Virginia Rivers Coalition asked Goodwin in February to require the former DuPont, now Chemours, Washington Works facility to immediately comply with its permit limits after violating it for more than five years. The coalition's request came after the group initially sued Chemours in December over the violations. In Thursday's order, Goodwin wrote that the Chemours' Washington Works facility boldly violates its permit, and must meet its permit limits until the full case is heard later this year.
Since 2019, the Washington Works site has violated its permit limits by discharging higher than allowed levels of pollution, including PFAS, or forever chemicals,' into the Ohio River, which supplies drinking water for more than five million people. Chemours has acknowledged the plant has violated its permit limits. But they argue that they are working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address the issues. The federal agency issued a 2023 order to require the company to address its violations,
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