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Pittsboro passes two resolutions urging federal action on PFAS funding and tariffs
Summary
The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners approved two resolutions asking the White House and North Carolina’s congressional delegation to restore federal funding for PFAS-related cleanup and to return tariff authority and oversight to Congress; the PFAS resolution was amended to note the town’s existing water filtration work.
The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners on April 14 adopted two separate resolutions addressing federal policy: one urging the administration and the U.S. Congress to restore previously committed funding and regulatory action for PFAS (commonly called “forever chemicals”), and a second asking that executive tariff authority be returned to Congress.
PFAS resolution: Commissioner Foley presented a resolution requesting removal of administrative pauses on federal regulations and on disbursement of funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act related to PFAS and PFOS cleanup and treatment. The text cited the town’s history of litigation and work related to PFAS in the Haw River watershed and asked North Carolina’s congressional delegation and the president to act to free previously committed funds for municipal and county water systems. During debate commissioners amended the resolution to add a whereas clause noting that Pittsboro operates granular activated carbon (GAC) filtration at its water plant that removes PFAS compounds, and that federal actions that slow upstream remediation could increase local operating and replacement costs for that filtration system. The amended resolution carried on a vote.
Tariffs resolution: Foley also presented a shorter resolution asking the president to rescind an executive order that imposed tariffs under emergency authority and for Congress to reassert Article I authority over duties and imposts. Supporters said tariffs raise the cost of construction materials and other goods and could harm local businesses and housing affordability; the board passed that resolution as written.
What it means: Both resolutions are formal requests to the town’s federal delegation and the executive branch and do not have the force of law. The PFAS resolution asks federal policymakers to restore previously committed funds and to reconsider directives that change EPA risk-evaluation methods; the tariffs resolution asks the president to work collaboratively with Congress on trade policy and to rescind the cited executive action.
