HB 454 – Funds for Texfi Remediation Pilot

Primary House Sponsors: Rep. John Szoka (R-Cumberland); Rep. William Richardson (D-Cumberland); Rep. William Brisson (R-Bladen, Sampson); Rep. Ted Davis, Jr. (R-New Hanover)

Summary

This bill appropriates $440K for the 2021-2022 fiscal year to the Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Waste Management to be used to engage a consultant selected by the Fayetteville Public Works Commission to perform pilot testing of In Situ Enhanced Reductive Dechlorination using Zero-Valent Iron and Carbon Substrate as a remedial strategy to address contamination at the Texfi site in Cumberland County.

Movement

Filed – 3/30/2021