{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-25-2-41","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 25-2-41","heading":"Use of class B fire-fighting foam.","body":"(a) As used in this Code section, the term:\n(1) “Class B fire-fighting foam” means any foam designed to extinguish flammable liquid fires.\n(2) “PFAS chemicals” means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom, including perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and designed to be fully functional in class B fire-fighting foam formulations.\n(3) “Testing” means calibration testing, conformance testing, or fixed system testing.\n(b) On and after January 1, 2020, no person; fire department provided for under Chapter 3 of this title; state department, agency, board, bureau, office, commission, public corporation, or authority; county, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of this state shall discharge or otherwise use class B fire-fighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals unless:\n(1) Such discharge or other use occurs in fire prevention or in response to an emergency fire-fighting operation; or\n(2) Such discharge or other use is for training or testing purposes which occurs at a facility that has implemented containment, treatment, and disposal measures to prevent uncontrolled releases of such class B fire-fighting foam into the environment.\n(c) Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to:\n(1) Restrict the manufacture, sale, or distribution of class B fire-fighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals or restrict the discharge or other use of class B fire-fighting foam in response to an emergency fire-fighting operation; or\n(2) Prevent the use of nonfluorinated foams, including other class B fire-fighting foams, for purposes of training for fire-fighting operations.","path":["TITLE 25 Fire Protection and Safety","CHAPTER 2 Regulation of Fire and Other Hazards to Persons and Property Generally"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.25.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"8ee79ab279fd130154aec531f7d7ec7a2ad122e5af392ff78702ccc16e742126","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-25-2-40","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-25-3-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}