C8 was discharged directly into the Ohio River as recently as January 2008.

 

In March your WMOA News team told you about an administrative consent order signed by DuPont and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection over a number of environmental violations.

 

DuPont officials have agreed to pay $1.6 million in fines to satisfy the state’s claim against the company.

 

Yesterday, we obtained the details of ten spills, which took place from 2004 to 2008. The largest spill discharged nearly 2,500 pounds of FEP, a liquid derivative of Teflon. That particular spill also sent about 67 pounds of C8 directly into the Ohio River in May 2006.

 

As recently as January of 2008, DuPont reported a release of 175 pounds of C8 into the Ohio River.

 

Not all of the spills involved C8. Other spills reported involved a number of substances, including sodium chloride, methanol, Amberlite resin, toluene, and aluminum stearate.