ME LD1786

Maine Department of Environmental Protection must post on its public website the most stringent federal or state maximum contaminant levels for regulated PFAS compounds, measured in parts per trillion, and update this information whenever levels change.

When DEP tests a private well for PFAS, it must provide the owner (by mail and email if possible) the current maximum contaminant levels, a comparison of test results to those levels, and information on available resources for contamination mitigation.

Resource information must include mitigation strategies, testing entities, and available financial assistance from state, federal, local governments, or other sources for PFAS testing and treatment.

DEP must proactively provide contaminant level and resource information to private well owners if the department knows a well may be contaminated, even without conducting testing.

Private well owners may request PFAS information from DEP by telephone, in writing, or by email, and the department must respond with contaminant levels and available resources.