Settlement Chemours Announces Settlement to Resolve Claims by U.S. EPA on PFAS Discharges

The Chemours Company has announced a settlement to resolve claims by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on PFAS discharges and other alleged non-compliance actions, primarily at the Company’s Washington Works, Fayetteville Works, and Chambers Works facilities.

Delaware/USA – The Chemours Company has recently announced a settlement to resolve claims asserted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) relating to PFAS discharges and other alleged non-compliance actions, primarily at the Company’s Washington Works, Fayetteville Works, and Chambers Works facilities. The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) is also a party to the settlement and joins in these releases.

The settlement agreement is the latest progress delivered under the Strengthening the Long Term pillar of Chemours’ Pathway to Thrive strategy, which includes the Company’s sustained efforts to address legacy PFAS and other environmental claims. The settlement also recognizes the significant work already completed or underway across Chemours’ sites to reduce emissions and strengthen processes.

Under the settlement, Chemours has agreed to pay EPA and WVDEP a 22.5-million-dollar civil penalty, of which 15 million dollars was previously accrued. This civil penalty is expected to be paid in three annual installments in 2026, 2027 and 2028, beginning within 30 days of the court's approval of the Consent Decree containing the settlement. In addition, over the next 15 years, Chemours will fund 90 million dollars in additional mitigation projects to further reduce PFAS emissions from the operating sites or drinking water projects. Such projects support Chemours responsible manufacturing practices and will help advance the Company’s Corporate Responsibility Commitment goal to reduce process emissions of fluorinated organic chemicals by 99 % or more by 2030.

Further, the Company has also agreed to perform certain program and site-related actions as part of the settlement. This includes an expansion of the Company’s existing off-site drinking water programs in West Virginia, Ohio, and New Jersey to incorporate learnings from Chemours’ other off-site programs. The Company expects the expansion of the off-site drinking water programs will result in an increase to its existing environmental reserves.

Aligned with the Company’s Pathway to Thrive strategy, Chemours continues to focus on responsibly resolving outstanding environmental and regulatory matters with terms that improve site operating certainty and include payment and remediation commitments that are structured over time. The terms of the settlement, including a further description of claims released and not released, are set forth in a proposed Consent Decree, which remains subject to final court approval.

In connection with the settlement, Chemours has also reached a resolution with the West Virginia Rivers Coalition for less than 1 million dollars to resolve its litigation that was commenced in 2024 under the Clean Water Act alleging exceedances of certain permitted discharge limits at the Company’s Washington Works facility.

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