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A bipartisan bill to address PFAS pollution would require polluters like Chemours to reimburse public water systems for cleanup, abatement, and technology needs. Debate over the bill includes concerns it would exempt PFAS pollution standards from normal rulemaking procedures and rush a potentially unscientific state standard even as the EPA is currently producing a national one. Gov. Cooper and DEQ's strong support for the measure is a sea change from their behavior in 2017, when they were shamed into eventually acting on Chemours's pollution after public policy organizations, local regulators, and the General Assembly took leadership of the issue.