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ME LD1903

Bill

Status

Failed

6/2/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jeffrey Timberlake

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Origin

Senate

132nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Establishes specific soil contamination thresholds for PFAS: 0.13 mg/kg for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and 0.19 mg/kg for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), with other PFAS following EPA guidance levels

  • Requires Maine's drinking water maximum contaminant levels for six specific PFAS compounds (PFOA, PFHxS, PFOS, PFNA, HFPO-DA, and certain mixtures) to match EPA's April 2024 national primary drinking water regulations

  • Adds federal preemption provision allowing federal law to override state authority to ban food packaging containing intentionally added PFAS

  • Mandates the Department of Environmental Protection adopt surface water quality standards matching federal standards if EPA establishes PFAS limits under the Clean Water Act

  • Requires state PFAS air emissions standards to be identical to any future EPA emissions standards for PFAS

Legislative Description

An Act to Conform the State's Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Laws to Federal Standards

Procedures

Last Action

Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

6/2/2025

Committee Referrals

Environment And Natural Resources5/6/2025

Full Bill Text

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