SB 666

Adds new Part 9, PFAS Mitigation, to Article 9 of GS Chapter 130A, with the purpose of providing funding to support the mitigation of the impacts of environmental contamination due to PFAS on local public water and wastewater systems. Establishes the PFAS Mitigation Fund within the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to support statewide efforts to detect, reduce, mitigate, and prevent exposure to PFAS and to support scientific research and technology development related to PFAS removal, treatment, monitoring, and precursor identification. Specifies that the fund consists of any funds appropriated by the NCGA and grants from federal agencies or other non-State entities. Allows the Fund to be used by the State Water Infrastructure Authority (SWIA) to provide grants to units of local government operating public water or wastewater treatment systems for: (1) PFAS sampling and monitoring in drinking water, wastewater, surface water, and groundwater; (2) installation or upgrade of water treatment technologies for PFAS removal; and (3) emergency response and remediation of PFAS contamination in soil, surface water, and groundwater. Gives priority to public water systems and public wastewater systems (1) for which contamination from PFAS has caused the greatest impacts on public health and the environment and (2) that are or meet the criteria to be categorized as a distressed unit. Requires SWIA to report annually as a part of the report required by GS 159G-72 regarding projects funded under this provision. Makes conforming changes to GS 159G-71. Appropriates $56 million in recurring funds for 2025-26 from the General Fund to DEQ for the Fund.