North Carolina PFAS Laws

North Carolina requires fire departments to report AFFF inventories and deployments to the State Fire Marshal (since July 1, 2022). A training-use ban passed the House 113-0 in 2025 and is still in the Senate.

Verified November 10, 20261 law tracked1 provision

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Food packaging: no rule
Cookware: no rule
Cosmetics: no rule
Children's products: no rule
Apparel and textiles: no rule
Textile furnishings: no rule
Carpets and rugs: no rule
Fabric treatments: no rule
Upholstered furniture: no rule
Cleaning products: no rule
Dental floss: no rule
Menstrual products: no rule
Ski wax: no rule
Artificial turf: no rule
Firefighting foam: duty applies since July 1, 2022
Firefighter gear: no rule
Pesticides: no rule
All products: no rule
Reporting: no rule
Labeling: no rule

Duty applies
Years are effective dates.

Requirements by product

Product	Requirement	Effective	Status	Source
Firefighting foamReporting	Fire departments must annually report their AFFF inventory and must report each incident where AFFF was deployed within 15 days, through ImageTrend or a regional Foam Analyst, to the Office of State Fire Marshal.Also requires identifying unwanted foam for proper disposal; this is a reporting duty on fire departments; it does not restrict sales or use.	July 1, 2022	Applies	G.S. 58-82B-1 et seq.

The laws

North Carolina

AFFF Firefighting Foam Registry (reporting requirement)

Citation: N.C. Gen. Stat. 58-82B-1 et seq.
Enacted by: SB 105 (2021), S.L. 2021-180 (Appropriations Act), signed November 18, 2021
Enacted or adopted: November 18, 2021
Status: In force
Source: https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_58/GS_58-82B-1.html

Bills and pending action

H 570 (2025-2026 Session): Responsible Firefighting Foam Management Act
Passed House 113-0; referred to Senate Rules and Operations Committee; not enacted (April 30, 2025)
Would prohibit discharging Class B firefighting foam containing PFAS for training or testing purposes (except when legally required, with containment) and require non-fluorinated foam for training. Source
H 881 (2025-2026 Session): PFAS Free NC
Filed and referred to House Rules, Calendar, and Operations Committee; no further action recorded (April 10, 2025)
Would make it unlawful to knowingly manufacture, use, process, or distribute PFAS (with federal-authorization exceptions), add PFAS disclosure to pollution-permit applications, require public water systems to notify customers of PFAS results, direct DEQ to set technology-based PFAS effluent limits, and fund PFAS studies and drinking-water treatment (about $100 million). Source

Timeline

July 1, 2022 Took effect
AFFF reporting requirement (G.S. 58-82B) took effect. Source
April 26, 2023 Update
House Bill 370, an earlier version of the training and testing AFFF restriction, was analyzed in committee in the 2023-2024 session but did not become law. Source
April 29, 2025 Update
House Bill 570 (Responsible Firefighting Foam Management Act) passed the NC House 113-0. Source
April 30, 2025 Update
House Bill 570 was referred to the Senate Rules and Operations Committee, where it remains pending. Source