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Trump Admin Settles PFAS Case: Chemours Pays $22.5M, Invests $450M

6/25/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration reached the first federal enforcement settlement targeting PFAS producer Chemours Co. in West Virginia federal court.
The agreement orders Chemours to pay a $22.5 million penalty and invest $450 million in pollution controls and clean-water projects.
While Chemours will keep producing PFAS for commercial and military uses, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson called the settlement an insult for doing little to clean up GenX-contaminated water.

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration reached the first federal enforcement settlement targeting PFAS producer Chemours Co. in West Virginia federal court.
The agreement orders Chemours to pay a $22.5 million penalty and invest $450 million in pollution controls and clean-water projects.
While Chemours will keep producing PFAS for commercial and military uses, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson called the settlement an insult for doing little to clean up GenX-contaminated water.