New Jersey

Active program

Cash buyback

None

Collected

Target

150,000 gal

Destruction

Revive Environmental. SCWO

Deadline

UpcomingCease use Dec 31, 2026

Federal law applies in every state

EPA set enforceable drinking-water limits for PFOA and PFOS at 4 parts per trillion (2024). A May 2026 proposal would keep those two, extend compliance to 2031, and rescind the others. Proposed, not final.
Under CERCLA (the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act), PFOA and PFOS are hazardous substances, so cleanup liability is strict, retroactive, and joint and several.
Federally required uses at Part 139 airports and military installations follow federal rules regardless of state law.
The Department of Defense is phasing out AFFF under the NDAA.

Federal law in full Liability and litigation

State law and program in New Jersey

P.L. 2023, c.243 (A4125 / S2712), Class B foam PFAS restriction ↗

What's still allowed

PFAS Class B foam is banned, but petroleum refineries and terminals received an extended phase-out (an 8-year extension, ~2032). Part 139 airports and military uses remain federally governed.

How to get rid of PFAS foam

Enroll in NJDEP's statewide collection (events ran March 2026), collection and SCWO destruction by Revive Environmental are provided at no cost. A separate ~$625K grant reimburses the purchase of fluorine-free replacement foam.

Funding and help

Collection and destruction run through the New Jersey program; check the official page for what the state covers.

Federal funding, available in every state

EPA Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities grant ↗, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund ↗, including the infrastructure-law set-aside for emerging contaminants like PFAS.
FAA airport foam transition support ↗ for Part 139 commercial airports moving off fluorinated foam.
Fire departments with contaminated water may qualify as claimants in the aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) settlements.

Future plans

Departments must cease use/storage of PFAS foam by Dec 31, 2026; the replacement-foam reimbursement portal is expected to open by the end of 2026.

Destruction & vendors

Foam in New Jersey is handled by: Revive Environmental. SCWO. Statewide collection ran Mar 2026; 353 depts registered. 150k gal is PROJECTED, no actual published yet.

Official sources

New Jersey official program page ↗

A note for smaller departments

Large departments and municipalities usually have legal counsel and a budget to manage PFAS liability. Small and volunteer departments often do not. That makes a documented chain of custody and a certificate of destruction the strongest protection a small department has: proof that the foam was handled lawfully and never released. See liability and litigation.

⚠ Never discharge PFAS foam. Keep the certificate of destruction.

Firefighting foam containing PFAS cannot lawfully be released anywhere: not overboard, in a harbor or slip, down a drain or sewer, onto the ground, or into an ordinary landfill. Under CERCLA (the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act), PFOA and PFOS are hazardous substances, and disposal liability is strict, retroactive, and joint and several, so whoever sent the waste can be billed for the cleanup years later. Keep the certificate of destruction: if you cannot document that the foam was destroyed, you cannot prove where it went, and foam you cannot account for can be treated as a release to the environment, with the liability that follows. EPA / CERCLA ↗

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