SCRIBD DUPONT SUMARY, OVERVIEW, AND SOURCE GUIDE (May 10, 2024)

As of this date, the series consists of (1) an overview, (2) a Fact Sheet, (3) and
seven articles: 1, 2&3,4,5,6,and 7. The Scribd Publisher URL for each is provided
below.

RCRA Watchdog - DuPont Vs RCRA Public – Overview.

Overview of a roadmap to an 7-part series: The DuPont Cape Fear North Carolina
Hazardous Waste Superfund Site on the shore of the Cape Fear River requires RCRA
compliant closure now (year 2024) not years from now, most likely never unless public
gets involved as RCRA requires. SWMU 54, containing 195,000 tons of coal ash,
located in a FEMA Flood Zone and FEMA Regulatory Floodway is a danger to homes,
people, recreation, and safe drinking water. SWMU 54, containing 195,000 tons of coal
ash, should be demolished and removed. This is a catastrophe waiting to happen.
Watchdog officially asked the NCDEQ Secretary to demolish and remove SWMU 54.
Her reply: wait a few more years, attend a public meeting, talk for five minutes, go away.
The overview below leads to a series of seven articles with URLs, a comprehensive
review, discussing this subject with replies from NCDEQ.

FACT SHEET: RCRA Watchdog - DuPont NCDEQ Fact Sheet. An NCDEQ fact sheet
widely distributed announcing an RCRA required public meeting (April 10, 2019) to
discuss a permit to close the DuPont facility. No government official at any level from
government to local attended. No one from the real estate developer attended. No news
media either. The Fact Sheet is an excellent description of the facility and threat albeit
not a good description of the required RCRA remediation or schedule.
https://www.scribd.com/document/665376868/RCRA-Watchdog-DuPont-NCDEQ-Fact-
Sheet

Part 1 of 7: RCRA WATCHDOG - DuPont Cape Fear – Introduction to Series

A Lealand North Carolina DAK Americas/DuPont Cape Fear Facility, was closed and
dismantled in 2013 after 45 years of manufacturing Dacron, PET, and similar material.
DuPont created 527,000 tons of polluted hazardous waste. After 55 years, Much of the
waste remains on the site still owned by DuPont. Coal ash and about thirty-one
hazardous chemicals in 81 containment sites (493 incidences) is of special concern.
What to do? Citizen involvement in the RCRA enforcement is strongly encouraged by
RCRA but discouraged by the NCDEQ, state watchdog mostly asleep, step by step by
the RCRA law and NCDEQ. https://www.scribd.com/document/665133634/RCRA-
WATCHDOG-DuPont-Cape-Fear-Part-1
Parts 2 and 3: RCRA WATCHDOG -- Is the DuPont Cape Fear North Carolina
Superfund Site safe for adjacent residents?

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You read, You decide. Be aware of DuPont's “risk based negotiation” solution to total
cleanup. 23 pages. https://www.scribd.com/document/665598300/RCRA-WATCHDOG-
ARTICLES-2-3-of-5-DuPONT-CAPE-FEAR
Part 4: RCRA WATCHDOG -- The Story Behind the Neighboring DuPont
Hazardous Waste Site, Part 4 of 5. The General Manger of BBTB [The Bluffs] real
estate developer responds. BBTB outlines a consultant's report and explains, BBTB is
very confident in their assessment of the facility and BBTB's ability to develop The Bluffs
safely. The debate continues in this article.
https://www.scribd.com/document/665587717/RCRA-WATCHDOG-Article-4-of-5-
DuPont-Cape-Fear

Part 5: RCRA Watchdog - Article 5, DuPont, The Cape Fear Is Not Blue. We asked
NCDEQ staff to answer nine critical questions about progress made after ten plus years
closing the DuPont hazardous waste site safely. Specifically prove to the public that the
55 year old SWMU 54 coal ash landfill is safe sitting in a FEMA flood zone and FEMA
regulatory floodway. Do not ask the public to prove it is not safe, that's not our job
according to the RCRA. https://www.scribd.com/document/665580036/RCRA-
Watchdog-Article-5-DuPont-the-Cape-Fear-is-Not-Blue

Part 6 of 7: RCRA WATCHDOG – “NCDEQ Secretary Biser: Wakeup!”

60 pages, August 2023, complete background of issue, requests SECDEF to move non-
compliant RCRA SWMU 54, 5 acres, 48 feet high, unlined, filled with 195,000 tons of
contaminated coal ash from the banks of the Cape Fear River before it washes into the
Cape Fear River, conservation property, and adjacent private property. Biser refuses to
comment. The SWMU was certified closed and dismantled during a 2019 public
hearing. That was either deception or gross error.
https://www.scribd.com/document/669522300/RCRA-WATCHDOG-NCDEQ-Secretary-
Biser-Wakeup-Part-6

Part 7 0f 7: RCRA WATCHDOG – “NCDEQ Secretary Shallow Reply “ 2 pages,

summary: “Your interest in the environmental related activities at the former Dak
Americas/DuPont Cape Fear Plant is appreciated. The NCDEQ investigation continues
since year 2009 (15 years ago) as a legacy retirement program for DuPont
management and DEQ state employees. The 2,250 acres remains closed for public
use. https://www.scribd.com/document/669556560/RCRA-WATCHDOG-NCDEQ-
Secretary-Shallow-Reply-Part-7

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