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“North Carolina has secured $455 million in payments from Chemours, DuPont and Corteva over PFAS pollution, along with a separate $135 million reserve intended to protect future drinking water and cleanup work.
State officials value the total agreement at $590 million and say it is the largest state recovery for environmental damage in North Carolina history.
The settlement resolves lawsuits over PFAS and other historical releases from the Fayetteville Works plant in Bladen County. It also covers separate state claims involving PFAS-containing firefighting foam used elsewhere in North Carolina.
The $455 million will be paid to the state and 11 affected local entities over the next 10 to 15 years. Most of the $380 million will go to communities significantly affected by pollution from Fayetteville Works.
‘Out of this $590 million settlement, $380 million will be allocated to go directly to the local communities that were most impacted,’ Attorney General Jeff Jackson said Thursday in Cumberland County.”…