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NC H349
Bill
Status
3/13/2023
Primary Sponsor
Wayne Sasser
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AI Summary
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Appropriates $20,000,000 in nonrecurring funds for fiscal year 2023-2024 from the General Fund to the North Carolina Collaboratory for PFAS management and research programs.
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Establishes a voluntary buyback program for PFAS-containing aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) stocks owned by local fire departments and funds purchase of replacement PFAS-free foams.
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Funds development of facilities and technologies to safely store and destroy PFAS-containing AFFF, and construction of an AFFF training site at the Office of the State Fire Marshal's Advanced Rescue Training Facility in Stanly County to minimize environmental and personal exposure risks.
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Provides competitive research grants for studies on long-term health risks to firefighters and emergency response personnel from PFAS exposure, PFAS toxicology, and PFAS mitigation or removal technologies.
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Funds upgrades to aerosol laboratory space at North Carolina State University for airborne PFAS exposure studies, with interim reporting due September 1, 2024, and final reporting due May 1, 2026.
Legislative Description
Firefighter PFAS Management/Research
Appropriations; Budgeting; Emergency Services; Environment; Environmental Health; Firefighters & Firefighting; Hazardous Substan
Last Action
Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
3/14/2023